Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá (1972)
Biopic of Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905), son of a Mapuche cacique and a white woman, and the first Indian of South America to be beatified. The film starts out as a war movie, showing his father Manuel battling the Spanish and taking a white woman as his captive bride. But little of interest happens after Ceferino is born. His beatification relies partly on his "miraculous" survival after falling in a stream as a baby, but the film does not present this with any great drama, and plods through the rest of the boy's life with similar tepor. Ceferino does well in school, attracts the interest of a priest, attends a Catholic school in Buenos Aires, and studies for the priesthood in Italy, where he dies of tuberculosis after a few unconvincing coughs.
Cast
Screenplay
Keywords
ethnographic film
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá about?
- Biopic of Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905), son of a Mapuche cacique and a white woman, and the first Indian of South America to be beatified. The film starts out as a war movie, showing his father Manuel battling the Spanish and taking a white woman as his captive bride. But little of interest happens after Ceferino is born. His beatification relies partly on his "miraculous" survival after falling in a stream as a baby, but the film does not present this with any great drama, and plods through the rest of the boy's life with similar tepor. Ceferino does well in school, attracts the interest of a priest, attends a Catholic school in Buenos Aires, and studies for the priesthood in Italy, where he dies of tuberculosis after a few unconvincing coughs.
- Who directed Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá?
- Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá was directed by Jorge N. Mobaied.
- Who stars in Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá?
- Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá stars Olga Zubarry, Luis Medina Castro, Iván Grondona, Jorge Villalba, Ricardo Passano, Luis Manuel de la Cuesta.
- How long is Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá?
- Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá has a runtime of 1h 22m (82 minutes).
- What genre is Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá?
- Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá is a Drama film.