La Llorona (film)
La Llorona English The Crying Woman is a 1960 Mexican film directed by Ren Cardona. Based on the tale of La Llorona, it tells of a family that is cursed by the evil spirit of Luisa, this storys weeping woman. The film was filmed on location in Guanajuato, Mexico.
In 16th century Mexico, a Indian and Spaniard woman named Luisa is visited by an upper class Spaniard conquistador named Don Nuo de Montesclaros Eduardo Farjado. She falls in love with the man so much so that she leaves her life to start anew with Don Nuo. Don Nuo and Luisia have a boy and girl. However, Don Nuo leaves, as he must go on missions. Days later she is visited by one of Dons fellow conquistadors. He tells her that Don Nuo will not return home for a long time due to his duties. Suspicious, she follows the conquistador and comes to a palace where she finds Don. Don explains that he is getting married to a new woman since Luisa is not fully Spaniard. Enraged and heartbroken, she curses Don Nuo and his descendants that all his bloodlines firstborn will be murdered violently. When she returns home, she stabs her own children to death. The entire town finds out and Luisa is sentenced to death.Gerardo finishes the story and says that Margaritas brother was murdered violently when he wasbecause he was a firstborn. Felipe passes the story off as just a folktale but the house is then visited by a woman in a black cloak who is taking up the job of a nanny for Felipe and Margaritas newborn baby. Luisa under the alias Carmen Asiul is accepted but secretly plans on murdering the baby. She tries killing the baby many times but is unsuccessful with each attempt. Gerardo is suspicious of the new nanny since he feels he has seen her before but cannot make out where. ........
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