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THE PEARL

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Friday, June 12

(1947, Emilio Fernández) Pearl diver Pedro Armendáriz has hit bottom on dry land, broke and hungry because of too-turbulent seas, his scorpion-stung son is unable to get treatment because the doctor demands prepayment. But then, with calmer seas, he dumb-lucks onto the biggest pearl he’s ever seen. Everything will go great now, right? Right? From the novel by John Steinbeck, and shot by Figueroa on dazzling Pacific coast locations. In Spanish, with English subtitles.  En español, con subtítulos en inglés. Approx. 85 min. 35mm.

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