Macario

Macario

Macabre, haunting and wonderful

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Release Date

5/9/1960

Runtime

91 mins

Overview

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting fable set against the Mexican Day of the Dead, where a starving peasant's desperate choice grants him miraculous power and ensnares him in the machinery of religious authority. It moves with the inevitability of a folk tale told at dusk.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicContemplativeUnsettling

Themes

MortalityFaithRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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