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The Pearl
MEXICO · 1947

The Pearl

Emilio “Indio” Fernández
greed and corruption poverty and desperation fate versus free will family and sacrifice colonial exploitation
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Synopsis

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.

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