Media Type: Film Year: 1953 Who wrote / made it : Rafael Baledon Plot summary: Cross-dressing is a source of absurd fun in Las Coronelas (Rafael Baledon, 1959). The film tells the story of twin daughters whose father’s life is saved through them being promised as soldiers to the ridiculous General Nicolas Rosas (Andrés Soler)…
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La Valentina
Media Type: Film Year: 1965 Who wrote / made it : Rogelio A. González Plot summary: La Valentina (Rogelio A. González, 1965) stars María Félix as the eponymous heroine. By the mid-sixties, the subject of the Revolution has become tired. Instead of being the great heroine of the battlefield, La Valentina becomes a typical ‘raptada’…
Pancho Villa y la Valentina /Pancho Villa and the Valentina
Media Type: Film Year: 1958 Who wrote / made it : Ismael Rodríguez Plot summary: Pancho Villa y La Valentina opens and closes with a voiceover by Pancho Villa (Pedro Armendáriz) whose decapitated head is hidden away in a foreign, rat-infested warehouse. The film takes vignettes from the life of Villa to flesh out his…