Pedro Paramo

Pedro Paramo (1967)

Pedro Páramo

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Date of release
1967-01-26
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Director
Carlos Velo

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Pedro Páramo Paternina

Pedro Páramo is a 1967 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Velo. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the short novel of the same name by Juan Rulfo, with a screenplay partly by Carlos Fuentes.

Production

John Gavin was best known for appearing in films produced by Ross Hunter. He had a Mexican mother and said he made this film "so I could make something I was proud of". He was first asked to make the film by Fuentes in 1962. Gavin:

In Mexico, Pedro Páramo is as important as Don Quixote is in Spain. This may sound grandiose but it can be compared with Dante's Divine Inferno or Goethe's Faust. It is the journey of a young man in search of his father but, as an allegory, it is man in search of himself... It's the biggest Mexican film ever made.

Co-star Ignacio López Tarso described the decision to cast Gavin as a serious mistake: "The cast was very good, except for the main character."

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