Matilde Landeta
Nacimiento : 1913-09-20, Mexico
Muerte : 1999-01-26
Historia
Matilde Soto Landeta (September 20, 1910 – January 26, 1999) was a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter, the first female to serve in those roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her films focused on the portrayal of strong, realistic female protagonists in a patriarchal world.
Director
Story
Documentary film.
Writer
The story focuses in on three young boys who, arrested by the authorities, await sentencing in Mexico City's Juvenile Court. One boy has killed his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy has been goaded into blinding his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family.
Writer
The story of two estranged sisters, both of whom end up as prostitutes but for very different reasons.
Director
The story of two estranged sisters, both of whom end up as prostitutes but for very different reasons.
Writer
When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.
Director
When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.
Writer
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
Director
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
Script Supervisor
Mexican Fu Manchu adaptation.
Script Supervisor
En 1909, María Candelaria y Lorenzo Rafael, pareja nativa de Xochimilco, desean casarse a pesar de que las circunstancias les son totalmente adversas. La gente del pueblo es hostil a María Candelaria por ser hija de una prostituta, y la pareja debe enfrentar la avaricia del tendero don Damián, quien en secreto desea a la joven. Un día María Candelaria enferma de paludismo
Script Supervisor
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
Script Supervisor
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
Script Supervisor
En un mismo día, son dejados en la puerta de un asilo de monjas, con cartas, los bebés Carmelo y Adriana Águila, hijos de rica familia y Polito Sol, hijo de pobres. Pasados doce años los niños huyen del lugar y crecen juntos hasta convertirse en un trío inseparable, ganándose la vida en la calle vendiendo periódicos y lotería. El padre de Polito, se enriquece con la lotería y comienza a buscar a su hijo, a quien no reconoce cuando éste le vende un periódico. Pasados los años los tres abandonados se dedicarán al espectáculo convirtiéndose en el trío Águila o Sol en busca de la fortuna que no tuvieron de pequeños. Los destinos de los cuatro personajes se cruzarán, en medio de números de carpa, borracheras y cómicos enredos.
A woman, an illusion. Matilde Landeta makes come true, at her seventy six years of age, what she has waited and longed for for 40 years. In this documentary we accompany her, from day one, on her adventure.
