The Boy and the Fog

The Boy and the Fog
Directed by Roberto Gavaldón
Produced by Jesús Grovas
Written by Edmundo Báez
Roberto Gavaldón
Rodolfo Usigli
Starring Dolores del Río
Cinematography Gabriel Figueroa
Edited by Gloria Schoemann
Release date
  • 24 December 1953 (1953-12-24)
Running time
111 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

The Boy and the Fog (Spanish: El Niño y la niebla) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Marta (Dolores del Rio) is a woman who lives obsessed, since her brother died of schizophrenia and her mother remains interned at a mental health hospital. Fearful that the disease is congenital, Marta keeps her family background secret from her husband while overprotecting her only son. Because of her obsession, Marta does not realize that the only psychologically affected in her family is her.

Cast

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: The Boy and the Fog". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
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