Two films from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema presented in partnership with the Indianapolis Consulado de México. Both films shown on DVD, in Spanish with English subtitles.

Las Abandonadas – 7 pm
(1944, dir. Emilio Fernandez, 97 mins., Mexico, NR)
Dolores Del Rio won a Silver Ariel award (Mexico’s highest film acting honors) for her role as a wife and mother jilted by her womanizing fiancé in this romantic melodrama set in 1914 at the height of the Mexican Revolution. Margarita is forced into working at a whorehouse where she meets a military general who says he wants to save her—but is not what he seems. The film is known for its memorable, lavish costumes the director ordered to be designed for its star.

Santo Y Blue Demon Contra Los Monstruos – 8:45 pm
(1969, dir. Gilberto Martínez Solares, 82 mins., Mexico, NR)
El Santo is a B-movie folkloric hero in Mexican cinema of the ’60 and ‘70s – a cross between Batman and James Bond. The silver-masked wrestler (lucha-libre) protects his country against all manner of mad scientists and aliens. With irresistible cheesiness, cheap props and unintentionally funny dialogue, Santo Y Blue Demon Contra Los Monstruos presents a bizarre hybrid of the Loch Ness monster and a giant mole for the masked avenger and his sidekick to battle."

Free; no ticket required; proceed to the event venue.