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Overview
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Director
Benito Alazraki
Production
Conacine
Cast
S
Saby Kamalich
Zoraida
Tito Junco
Jaime Rovelo
Pilar Pellicer
Matilde
Fernando Balzaretti
Ernesto
C
Cecilia Camacho
La niña
A
Aztlán Camacho
Mario
Anita Blanch
La maestra
Rosaura Revueltas
La nana
José Chávez
Indio Felipe
