One Day of Life (1950)
Un día de vida
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
- Date of release
- 1950-11-23
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
Casting
- Columba Domínguez — Belén Martí
- Roberto Cañedo — Colonel Lucio Reyes
- Fernando Fernández — General Felipe Gómez
- Rosaura Revueltas — Mamá Juanita
- Eduardo Arozamena — Pomposo
- Julio Villarreal — Manuel Ignacio Landa y Márquez del Toro Bravo
- Arturo Soto Rangel
- José Torvay — Don Manuel, maestro de escuela
- Jaime Fernández — Teniente
- Agustín Fernández
- Salvador Quiroz
Interesting facts
Un día de vida is a 1950 Mexican melodrama film directed by Emilio Fernández. Set during the Mexican Revolution, it stars Columba Domínguez as Belén Martí, a Cuban journalist, and Roberto Cañedo as Colonel Lucio Reyes, a Mexican military officer sentenced to death.
Production
The filming of Un día de vida followed in the wake of a series of popular and critical successes for director Emilio Fernández and his production team. His 1943 film María Candelaria was awarded "Best Cinematography" at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. His films had also been nominated at home for the Premio Ariel five consecutive times between 1946 and 1950 in the "Best Film" and "Best Director" categories, winning three times in the latter.
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