Las Poquianchis (film)
Las Poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó),[1] or simply Las Poquianchis, is a 1976 crime drama film directed by Felipe Cazals,[2] and written by Tomás Pérez Turrent, and Xavier Robles. The film is inspired by the case of the sisters Delfina and María de Jesús González,[3][2] better known as "Las Poquianchis".[2] It stars Ana Ofelia Murguía, Leonor Llausás, and Malena Doria as Las Poquianchis,[2] along to Diana Bracho, Tina Romero, and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos.[2]
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| Directed by | Felipe Cazals |
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| Cinematography | Álex Phillips Jr. |
| Edited by | Rafael Castanedo |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Premise
Three sisters nicknamed Las Poquianchis maintain a prostitution network protected by local authorities in San Francisco del Rincón and León) (in Guanajuato, Mexico) until the bodies of women sent to be killed by them appear in January 1964, so they were imprisoned and after a sound process that had worldwide coverage they were sentenced to 40 years in prison, which they purged in different prisons in Guanajuato, surviving that severe punishment only one of them who before leaving prison married another she prisoner and went missing in oblivion.[2]
Plot
Eva (Ana Ofelia Murguía), Delfa (Leonor Llausás) and Chuy (Malena Doria) are three sisters who seek to make a living in an easy way, so they take advantage of the poverty of various rural families and the innocence of the women, and then sell them false illusions. That is why they decide to go with Mr. Rosario (Jorge Martínez de Hoyos) to buy their daughters María (Tina Romero) and Adelina (Diana Bracho) with the deception of taking them to work in a restaurant; However, the truth is that they will be used as prostitutes who will be raped day and night without receiving anything in return other than a worse treatment than if they were beasts.[3]
References
- "Poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó), Las". correcamara.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- Yerena, Israel. ""Las Poquianchis", retrato de las asesinas más despiadadas de México". cineoculto.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- Lozano, Abel. "El caso criminal de las Poquianchis: crítica sociocultural en la novela de Jorge Ibargüengoitia y en la película de Felipe Cazals por Alejandro Lámbarry". filha.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.