The Pearl
MovieTitle | La perla |
User score | 7.1 |
Release date | Sep 12, 1947 |
Genre | Drama, Adventure |
Director | Emilio Fernández |
Production country | Mexico |
Production companies | Águila Films |
Run time | 86 min. |
Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.