La Barraca

Mexico

1945

110 Min

Black and White

Spanish

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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SCR Libertad Blasco Ibáñez, Tito Davison, Paulino Masip, Abel Velilla

CAST Domingo Soler, Anita Blanch, Amparo Morillo

Synopsis

Gavaldón’s debut feature proved a phenomenal success on its release in 1946, winning ten Ariel awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, the first year the awards were given. Based on the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, the film unfolds in Valencia, Spain where the debt-ridden Barret family is forced from their home and farm by the local landlord. In solidarity with the Barrets, their neighbors refuse to till the empty fields. When a new family, the Batistes, move in, they are met with suspicion that boils over into open hostility and violence. Gavaldón deftly adapts Ibáñez’s naturalism to the screen to depict the tragedy of common cause dashed on the rocks of economic necessity. –UCLA Film Archive

Director

Roberto Gavaldón

Roberto Gavaldón (born June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua — died September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón’s films were featured on the list 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film Ash Wednesday was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film Beyond All Limits was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film Macario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not win. —Wikipedia