External links
- La madrecita at IMDb
 | This article related to a Mexican film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| La madrecita | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fernándo Cortés |
| Written by | Fernando Galiana |
| Produced by | Fernando de Fuentes, Jr. |
| Starring | María Elena Velasco Pancho Córdova Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo |
| Cinematography | Fernando Colín |
| Edited by | Sergio Soto |
| Music by | Sergio Guerrero |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Diana Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
La madrecita (The Little Nun, literally The Little Mother) is a 1974 Mexican film directed by Fernándo Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María, with Pancho Córdova and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo.
On a Sunday morning, an attorney arrives at a small convent to bring bad news. The property, which was given by the Jovellanos family forty-seven years before, has been recollected as the inheritance was not done with the proper legal procedure, and the actual heir plans to sell it off to build a shopping mall there. However, due to this mishap, the nuns are given a right to buy the property, which is worth 400,000 pesos. At the same time, a letter with the news of a new arrival is received by the convent.
Soon, a new nun will arrive, Sor María Nicolasa, who is ready to be installed. In the train Sor María is traveling in, she easily befriends children. When the doll of one of them falls through the window, Sor María pulls the emergency brakes to recover it and is sent to the commissary. After being released, she learns of a group of young boys who steal and keep a couple of stores. Sor María convinces most of them to head to the convent in order to become better children. The only one who does not want to go is the leader, nicknamed "El Greñas" (Hairs). Sor María wants to give him tamales and hot chocolate from the convent. However, El Greñas is discovered by the police and the store's owner. El Greñas is arrested, but Sor María buys a radio he stole, so the proof against him is disregarded. El Greñas is freed but he believes Sor María to be a stool pigeon thus leaving angry. Sor María then enters a contest given by Novedades magazine to win a house. She tries to cheat with the contest to make her the winner in order to house the nuns, but the director is aghast and somewhat bothered by this petition.
After going to visit El Greñas' dad and convincing him to change his ways El Greñas later changes his attitude towards Sor María. He and the other children head to the circus. The attorney later arrives, stating the period to buy the property is over, and they are forcefully removed. Once again, Sor María does her thing and is arrested once more. Shortly after Sor María sings the Ave Maria and the Novedades director arrives ready to give her the good news of her winning the house after all. The movie ends with Sor María showing her handcuffs.
| | This article related to a Mexican film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
María Elena Velasco Fragoso was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women.
El derecho de nacer is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1981. Based on the Cuban radionovela of the same name written by Félix B. Caignet adapted for TV by Fernanda Villeli and directed by Raúl Araiza.
The University of the Cloister of Sor Juana is a private university located in the former San Jerónimo Convent in the historic center of Mexico City. This convent is best known for having been the home of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz for over twenty five years, she produced many of her writings here. After the convent was closed in the 19th century, the large complex was divided and was home to a number of institutions and businesses, including a large dance hall in the mid 20th century. In the 1970s, the government expropriated the complex, explored it and began the restoration process. In 1979, the current university was founded at this site and it is currently the benefactor and guardian of the complex. The institution offers bachelors, two masters and two certificates, mostly in the humanities. The institution also sponsors or co-sponsors a number of cultural and educational activities, mostly situated in the historic center of the city.
"La India María" is a fictional character portrayed and created by actress María Elena Velasco. The character frequently endures situations of racial discrimination, classism, and corruption, although in all of these turmoils, María undoubtedly resolves them with hilarious acts of good-nature and morality. She has represented the poor indigenous, the migrant worker, the forsaken woman, and even free-spirited nuns for over 30 years. She has been the lead character in 16 films and in a spin-off television series entitled, Ay María Qué Puntería. Most recently, the character has appeared in cameo appearances in the television programs Mujer, casos de la vida real and La Familia Peluche.
Celia is a Spanish children's television series created by José Luis Borau in 1992 for the national Spanish public-service channel Televisión Española. It is based on the classic Spanish children's novels of the same name by Elena Fortún, primarily Celia, lo que dice (1929) and Celia en el colegio (1932). The books and television series tell the stories of a wild seven-year-old girl named Celia Gálvez de Moltanbán. In addition to focusing on Celia, the show touched lightly on Spanish life in the 1930s, such as the upcoming civil war, a changing nation, and the social issues and ideas at the time.
Eva María Muñoz Ruíz, known professionally as Evita Muñoz "Chachita", was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her professional career began in 1941, when she was only four years old, and she continued performing through, and contributing to, the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Muñoz was still four years old when she played the character Chachita in her second film, ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (1941), and went on to play Chachita in eight more films and numerous television roles over the subsequent decades, and would be credited as Eva Muñoz "Chachita" in other appearances. For more than 75 years, "Chachita" was recognized as a successful artist in cinema, television, theater, radio, nightclub and circus shows.
El miedo no anda en burro is a 1976 Mexican comedy horror film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Eleazar García, Fernando Luján, Emma Roldán and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo.
Plaza de las Estrellas is a shopping center located in the northwest part of central Mexico City, inside a triangle created by the crossing of three major thoroughfares: Circuito Interior, Av. Marina Nacional, and Eje 2 Bahía de la Ascención, in Colonia Verónica Anzures, Miguel Hidalgo borough.
María Elena Saldaña, also known as La Güereja, is a Mexican television actress whose career dates back to the mid-1980s. Saldaña, who is a little person, has achieved fame over the years with her portrayal of a little Mexican girl named Mariquita Castro Pérez.
Francisco Amado Córdova Ramírez was a Mexican character actor who has appeared in numerous films of United States and Mexico.
La presidenta municipal is a 1975 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Adalberto Martínez "Resortes", and Pancho Córdova. The film was shot at Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico.
Cradle Song is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
El médico módico is a 1971 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and produced by Miguel Zacarías. It is the ninth film starring Gaspar Henaine alone as Capulina. Karla, Eric del Castillo, and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo are also featured.
Las delicias del poder is a 1999 Mexican political satire comedy film directed by Iván Lipkies starring María Elena Velasco as La India María with Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Irma Dorantes, and Adalberto Martínez. The film broke the box-office record in Mexico at the time of its release, earning 11 million pesos and having been the second-highest grossing film of the year.
Gotita de gente, is a Mexican children's telenovela, which was produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1978. Stars in it included main actors Graciela Mauri, Liliana Abud and Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.
Esperanza mía is a 2015 Argentinean telenovela. With script by Lily Ann Martin, Claudio Lacelli and Marta Betoldi] with production of Pol-ka was issued by Canal 13 between April 6, 2015 and January 14, 2016. For its recording, the producer acquired resolution cameras 4K UHD. It stars Mariano Martínez and Mariana Espósito. It also has the performances of Tomás Fonzi, Ana María Picchio, Carola Reyna, Federico D'Elía, Ángela Torres, Gabriela Toscano, Rita Cortese, Natalie Pérez and Franco Masini. In July 2015, a theatrical adaptation was presented at the Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sister Juana de la Concepción was a Guatemalan nun, writer, and poet.
María de San Antonio Lorenzo y Fuentes or Sor María de San Antonino was a Dominican religious sister and Spanish mystic.
Isla Paraíso is a Chilean comedy telenovela created by Alejandro Cabrera, that premiered on Mega on October 2, 2018 and ended on September 4, 2019. It stars Paola Volpato, Francisco Melo and Andrés Velasco. Filming of the telenovela began in July 2018 and concluded on 9 August 2019.
Sor Tequila is a 1977 Mexican comedy film starring María Elena Velasco and Chilean comedian Lucho Navarro. TV guide described its premise as follows: "An Indian nun stumbles into a series of hilarious misadventures".