La monja alférez

1944
6.4| 1h28m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 27 July 1944 Released
Producted By: Clasa Films Mundiales
Country: Mexico
Budget: 0
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A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.

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Director

Emilio Gómez Muriel

Production Companies

Clasa Films Mundiales

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La monja alférez Audience Reviews

Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away
Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
birdale Shot the way opera used to be directed - the actors stand and deliver in articulate and gorgeous Spanish. Felix is radiantly beautiful, at least as much as Hedy Lamarr. The photography is b/w with many a shadow and lots of good tonal variation. And if the thespian style is a bit on the raised eyebrow school, that's okay, for it's just so beautiful to hear and look at (which is good - for there are no subtitles on our version). Of course she no more resembles a young man than I do Marilyn Monroe, but that's another operatic convention easily accepted. The minor roles are amusing and well smirked. All in all, an enjoyable costume drama set in colonial Peru, with duels, convents, disguises, flights, flashbacks, and plenty to show off Mexico's leading lady.