Film Forum

(1959, Roberto Galvadón) In colonial times, Ignacio López Tarso’s impoverished woodcutter Macario agrees to share the whole turkey he’s planned for himself with a deathly apparition, his reward a miraculous liquid that heals any illness — but there are catches. First Mexican film nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar. From the novel by B. Traven (Treasure of the Sierra Madre), and with Pina Pellicer (One-Eyed Jacks). In Spanish, with English subtitles.  En español, con subtítulos en inglés. Approx. 91 min. 35mm.