Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is an adulteress who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing adultery with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.
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Silvia Pinal
Mari Gaila
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Guillermo Orea
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Alicia Encinas
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Letícia Robles
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Tamara Garina
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Juan Ibáñez Director · Ramón del Valle-Inclán Author Gabriel Figueroa Cinematographer
First release November 10, 1977 · Produced in Mexico · Production Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)
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Conacine
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Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)
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Mexico
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Original title
Divinas palabras
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · November 10, 1977
Premiere · Muestra Internacional de Cine (exact date unknown)
Mexico · June 6, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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