Ignacio López Tarso in Macario (1960)

Macario

Movie1960• 1h 31m
DramaFantasyMystery
⭐ 8.3 / 10(5,209)

Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.

Runtime
1h 31m
Released
1960
Country
Mexico

Details

Release year: 1960

Storyline

Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The first Mexican Film to be nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.

• The scene where Macario visits Death at the Cave with the Candles, which each of them represent a human life, would inspire a similar scene on the animated film The Book of Life (2014). Both films use El Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) as a main theme.

• Debut of actress Pina Pellicer.

User reviews

⭐ 9/10

An excellent Mexican film!!!!!!

👍 22 · 9/18/2005
⭐ 8/10

MACARIO (Roberto Gavaldon, 1960) ***1/2

👍 10 · 2/25/2014
⭐ 7/10

Charming morality tale

👍 9 · 6/15/2015

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
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