
The Pearl
Steinbeck's most talked-about story!
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9/12/1947Runtime
86 minsOverview
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.
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A Steinbeck tragedy about how a moment of hope can become a curse. Watching Quino's discovery of the pearl transform from salvation into ruin is a study in the weight of desire and the forces that conspire against the powerless.
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