Maria Candelaria (movie)
María Candelaria (Xochimilco)- User score: 7.2
- Production country: Mexico
- Producer: Emilio Fernández
- Production companies: Films Mundiales
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Release date: 1/20/1944
- Run time: 102 min.
Movie description
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.