Cantaclaro is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos. It was part of a spate of film adaptations of Gallegos' novels following success of Doña Bárbara (1943). The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho.
, 1h48 Directed byJulio Bracho GenresDrama, Thriller, Romance ActorsAndrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán Rating71% A politician, Octavio, has discovered damaging information about the regional Governor who has recently crushed a strike at the urging of "foreign interests". Octavio is hunted by the Governor's bodyguards who wish to kill him and recover the documents he has stolen. While hiding in a cinema, Octavio bumps into Julieta who takes him home to hide. Julieta and her husband Ignacio are old friends of Octavio as they had been student activists together. Despite agreeing to help, Ignacio is resentful of Octavio because of the past relationship he had with Julieta. Octavio discovers that it is an unhappy marriage, Ignacio has a mistress while Julieta is forced to work as a taxi dancer in a cabaret to make ends meet.
, 1h48 Directed byJulio Bracho OriginMexique GenresDrama, Thriller, Romance ActorsAndrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán Rating71% Sur ordre du gouverneur Vidal, un dirigeant syndical est assassiné au centre de tri postal de Mexico. Son compagnon, Octavio, parvient à s'échapper, mais il est néanmoins poursuivi... Il se réfugie dans un cinéma où il rencontre, par hasard, Julieta, une ancienne camarade dont il était épris. Elle parvient à le soustraire aux recherches de la police et l'abrite dans sa maison, où elle partage sa vie avec Ignacio, un écrivain raté. Octavio obtiendra sa collaboration pour récupérer des documents compromettants qu'il lui faut absolument supprimer. Au cours de ces heures inquiètes, l'amour réciproque de Julieta et d'Octavio refait surface.