The Boy and the Fog (Spanish: El Niño y la niebla) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río, Pedro López Lagar and Eduardo Noriega.[1] It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and on location around Poza Rica and Tuxpan in Veracruz. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The Boy and the Fog
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Directed byRoberto Gavaldón
Written byEdmundo Báez
Roberto Gavaldón
Rodolfo Usigli
Produced byJesús Grovas
StarringDolores del Río
Pedro López Lagar
Eduardo Noriega
CinematographyGabriel Figueroa
Edited byGloria Schoemann
Music byRaúl Lavista
Production
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Cinematográfica Grovas
Distributed byAzteca Films
Release date
  • 24 December 1953 (1953-12-24)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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Marta (Dolores del Río) is a woman who lives obsessed, since her brother died of schizophrenia and her mother remains interned at a mental health hospital. Fearful that the disease is congenital, Marta keeps her family background secret from her husband while overprotecting her only son. Because of her obsession, Marta does not realize that the only psychologically affected in her family is her.

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References

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  1. ^ Hall p.256
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Boy and the Fog". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2009.

Bibliography

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  • Hall, Linda. Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade. Stanford University Press, 2013.
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