Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Carlos Orellana, Adriana Lamar, Alberto Martí. Mono, full screen 1.37:1. Special features: audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics, and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman(2022); 'La Llorona': ghosts of the past (2021, 17mins): documentary byVivian Garcia Besne the producer's great grandmother, replayinga personal history of film; Transcending time (2022, 18 mins): Abraham Castillo Flores, head programer of Mexico's Morbido film festival, explores the myth and the film; Lunas y estrellas (2022, 2 mins): short compilation of the source print's distinctive cue marks, which were removed durring the films restoration.
Summary:
Based on Mexican folklore, after killing her child and herself, a woman returns as "La Llorona," a wailing woman who haunts the living.
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