Toña Machetes. Maclovia. Señora Ama. Lady of the house. Juana Gallo. Guns of Juana Gallo.
Notes:
Toña Machetes: Sonia Infante, Andrés García, Ignacio López Tarso, Sergio Jiménez, José Carlos Ruiz, César Adrian Sanchez, Tito Junco, Hernando Name. Maclovia: María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos López Moctezuma, Columba Domínguez, Arturo Soto Rangel, Miguel Inclán, Eduardo Arozamena, José Morcillo, Roberto Cañedo. Señora Ama: Dolores del Rio, José Suárez, María de la Luz Galicia, Manuel Monroy, Rafael Calvo, Josefina Bejarano, Casimiro Hurtado, Matilde Muńoz Sampedro, Mercedes Cora, José Capilla, María de las Rivas. Juana Gallo: María Félix, Jorge Mistral, Luis Aguilar, Ignacio López Tarso, Rita Macedo, René Cardona, Noé Murayama, Marina Camacho, Christiane Martel. Title from container. Toña Machetes: Based on a novel by Margarita López Portillo. Maclovia: Based the film Janitzio (1935) directed by Carlos Navarro and written by Luis Márques based on an Michoacán Indian legend from the Pátzcuaro area, which was based on a true incident that transpired on the island of Janitzio. Señora Ama: Based on the play by Don Jacinto Benavente. Toña Machetes: Filmed entirely on location at the Hacienda de San Jose del Refugio and in Amatitan, State of Jalisco, Mexico.
Contents:
Juana Gallo / Producciones Zacarías, S.A. presenta ; productor ejecutivo, Mario A. Zacarías ; argumento y dirección, Miguel Zacarías ; (1961) (151 min.). Maclovia / Filmex presenta argumento de Mauricio Magdaleno ; producción de Gregorio Walerstein ; dirección de Emilio Fernández (1948) (140 min.) -- Señora Ama = Lady of the house / Diana Films, S.A. ; adaptación cinematográfica de Enrique Llovet y Julio Bracho ; una co-producción de Unión Films, S.L. ; dirigida por Julio Bracho (1955) (127 min.) -- Juana Gallo / Producciones Zacarías, S.A. presenta ; productor ejecutivo, Mario A. Zacarías ; argumento y dirección, Miguel Zacarías ; (1961) (151 min.).
Summary:
Four films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema featuring strong women. Toña Machetes: Toña Machetes es una brava mujer que logró elevarse por encima de los prejuicios sociales de los años treinta, por ser hija natural de un gallero. Dueña de una gran extensión de tierra, rica y temida por su carácter, vive separada de su aristócrata esposo y acechada por constantes amenazas de muerte. Toña Machetes: Toña Machetes, bastard daughter of cockfighting enthusiast Jeronimo Romero, inherits the Hacienda Tequilera "El Tejon" and the lands of her grandfather and, to demonstrate her power, marries the rich, aristocratic Jose Maria Esparza, from whom she lives separately. Toña later adopts a child, whom she believes to be the son of her husband, at first rejecting the boy but eventually becoming attached to him. Maclovia: El amor entre Maclovia y José María, joven pareja de la región de Janitzio, es amenazado por la brutal pasión que siente el sargento de la Garza hacia la bella mujer. Decidido a poseerla sin importar las consecuencias, el brutal militar encarcela a José María y ofrece a Maclovia la libertad de su amado a cambio de su honra. Maclovia: José María is a poor, illiterate fisherman in love with Maclovia, daughter of the chief of the Indians on the island of Janitzio. When the chief forbids them from seeing each other, José María goes to school to learn to write, so he can send a letter to Maclovia. When a violent, corrupt sergeant desires Maclovia, the father relents, deciding it is better for Maclovia to marry José María to protect her from the sergeant. Señora Ama: "Un rico terrateniente de castilla, al darse cuenta que su mujer no podía tener hijos la engaña con otras procreando varios, más tarde ella logra salir embarazada, pero su problema ya se había agravado llegando al punto de ser castigada brutalmente"--Container Señora Ama: Also known as The Lady of the House, is the story of a wealthy married couple has not been able to conceive any children -- despite the fact that the husband, Feliciano, has a reputation as a womanizer and has fathered many illegitimate children. (It is implied that his infidelity due to the inability of his wife to give him a son.) Compounding matters, the wife's younger sister, who lives with them, is attracted to the husband. because of the very strong sexual tension, the family decides that the younger sister must marry Feliciano's brother José, to which she reluctantly agrees even though she does not love him. Tensions arise later when Feliciano's wife falls ill. Juana Gallo: Una campesina de nombre Ángela Ramos Aguilar, al enterarse del asesinato de su padre y su novio, se levanta en armas contra el gobierno federal. Ángela, quien empieza a ser conocida como "Juana Gallo", consigue el apoyo de todo el pueblo; inclusive de algunos federales que pasan a defender su causa. Esta tensa situación se convertiría en la Batalla de Zacatecas. Juana Gallo: Also known as The Guns of Juana Gallo, a dramatic (and largely fictional) interpretation of the life of Ángela Ramos Aguilar, nicknamed Juana Gallo for her spunky personality, who from an early aged did not follow the strict female code. After her father and fiance are executed by corrupt government officials, "Juana" rises in arms against the federal government and joins in the Mexican Revolution, fighting alongside the men from her region in what would become known as the Battle of Zacatecas.
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