Judith Keter
is "La Diva".
Judith Keter
is "La Diva".
Saltillo, state capitol of Coahuila, in the north of
Mexico, has it's own, compiled in a book titled "Legends of Saltillo".
"El Esqueleto" is a fictitious tale inspired in all those cultural affairs.
The movie
was filmed in Mexico and L.A
Three hundred years ago a wealthy Marquis is killed
by a group of Inquisitors. His "dark habits" justified them in taking his
life. This also allowed them to take his land and fortune. With the feeling
of his own death at hand, Marquis left a curse swearing to return three
hundred years later to avenge his death on the Inquisitor's descendants.
Robert
Arevalo and Angie Pimentel.
The year is 1997, it is three hundred years later,
and he has returned on the night of the Animas...
Robert Arevalo ("Desperado" and "Fools Rush In") plays
the student nicknamed "El Esqueleto". Possessed by Marquis soul, he is
the vehicle for his curse. Where there's evil there's good, and her name
is Sor Juana the nun, played by Angie Pimentel who along with the help
of her uncle "Cruz" (played by Amado Ramirez of the Mexican hit "Like Water
for Chocolate") and others will try to stop this curse of bloodshed and
revenge. The cast is rounded off by the "young inquisitors" La Diva (argentinean
actress Judith Keter), El Payaso (mexican actor Noe Cavazos) and the other
young trouble makers played by a cast of theater actors from Saltillo.
Written and directed by Alfredo Galindo, who is also
the author of a recently published book titled "Coahuila and it's Lead
in the First Hundred Years of Moviemaking in Mexican and International
Films". Mexico, 1997. 83 minutes, spanish with english subtitles.
Contact:
EMAIL
alfredogalindo@usa.net
galindog@coah1.telmex.net.mx