Valentín de la Sierra | |
Director: | René Cardona |
Starring: | Antonio Aguilar Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Ofelia Montesco |
Music: | Antonio Díaz Conde |
Cinematography: | Agustín Jiménez |
Editing: | Alfredo Rosas Priego |
Studio: | Cinematográfica ABSA |
Country: | Mexico |
Language: | Spanish |
Valentín de la Sierra is a 1968 Mexican film directed by René Cardona and starring Antonio Aguilar.[1] The film is inspired by the corrido of the same name, a dramatization of the death of Cristero rebel Valentín Ávila Ramírez. The setting of the film was changed to the earlier Mexican Revolution.[2]
Valentín de la Sierra was filmed during the winter of 1967. Scenes were shot in Texcoco de Mora and Mexico City. Cinematographer Agustín Jiménez shot the film in Eastmancolor.