Oct 21, 2009
96 min
Full-HD

Perdida (2009)

This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.

Category

Documentary

Country

Mexico

Companies

Cinematográfica Calderón S.A. Azteca Films International Theatrical Amusements Cinematográfica Flama Calderon Films AgraSánchez Film Archive Consejo Nacional para la cultura y las artes Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía Producciones Calderón S.A.

Ninón Sevilla

Ana Luisa Peluffo

Armando Silvestre

Ricardo Montalban

Rafael Inclán

Mate Calderón

Guillermo Calderón

Rafael Calderón Jr.

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