Emilio Fernández, Mexico 1946
Print source: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Running time: 99 minutes
About the print
This print is owned by Televisa in Mexico and held in the vaults at UNAM. It was exhibited at the Filmoteca de la UNAM in September 2015 during Nitrate Week, a program inspired by the first Nitrate Picture Show. The print shows only light scratching and dirt, with almost no edge or perf damage. The copy shown here has no subtitles; electronic English subtitles will be provided. Shrinkage: 0.8%
About the film
“Emilio Fernández, the Mexican craftsman who filmed John Steinbeck’s The Pearl two years ago, is dealing with romance in Enamorada . . . Against the turbulent background of the Mexican Revolution, he has fashioned a love story that has all the fire and brilliance of the early day screen romances. . . . Fernández is offering no cardboard love affair in Enamorada, and has given his protagonists the stuff and substance to support a grand passion. . . . Fernández dedicates his film to the ‘soldaderas’ and their fighting spirit that was part of the impetus of revolution. As such, he deals with the motives of the uprising, but these are merely the background of the story. He is telling a romantic narrative in the grand manner in Enamorada, and he has done so brilliantly.”
– James S. Barstow Jr., New York Herald Tribune, December 3, 1949
“A tempestuous romantic drama, strikingly framed by the eloquent camera of Gabriel Figueroa . . .”
– Thomas M. Pryor, New York Times, December 3, 1949