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My Daughter Hildegart (Spanish: Mi hija Hildegart)[1] is a 1977 Spanish film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez based on the book Aurora de sangre by Eduardo de Guzmán. It stars Amparo Soler Leal as Aurora Rodríguez.
Plot
From account of Eduardo de Guzmán's testimony, the plot moves back to 1933 Madrid, developing the story of Aurora Rodríguez and the path that led her to kill her daughter, wunderkind, sexology specialist, and progressivist pundit Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira,[2] conceived by Aurora as the fruit of eugenicist utopia.
Cast
- Amparo Soler Leal as Aurora[3]
- Carmen Roldán as Hildegart[4]
- Manuel Galiana as Eduardo de Guzmán[4]
- Carlos Velat as Lucas López[4]
- Pedro Díez del Corral as Villena[4]
- José María Mompín as fiscal[4]
- Guillermo Marín as presidente del tribunal[4]
- Maribel Ayuso as Julia[4]
- Luisa Rodrigo as Emilia[4]
Release
The film was released theatrically in Spain on 19 September 1977.[4] It proved to be successful at the Spanish box office, with over one million admissions.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Feenstra, Pietsie (2011). New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema. Dissident Bodies Under Franco. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-90-8964-304-9.
- ^ Campos, Ricardo; Huertas, Rafael (2007). ""Délire eugénique" et meurtre. Le cas d'Aurora Rodríguez et sa représentation dans le film Mi hija Hildegart". Criminocorpus. doi:10.4000/criminocorpus.250. hdl:10261/160044. ISSN 2108-6907. S2CID 191177436.
- ^ Devesa, Dolores; Potes, Alicia (2000). "Filmografía" (PDF). Nosferatu (33): 80. ISSN 1131-9372 – via Universitat Politècnica de València.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Devesa & Potes 2000, p. 80.
- ^ Barrenetxa Marañón, Igor (2019). "El imaginario de la Segunda República española en el cine de ficción (1940-2011)". Filmhistoria Online. 29 (1–2). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona: 7–26. doi:10.1344/fh.2019.1-2.7-26. ISSN 1136-7385. S2CID 212824036.
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