The Days of Water
Directed byManuel Octavio Gómez
Written byBernabé Hernández
Manuel Octavio Gómez
StarringIdalia Anreus
Release date
  • July 1971 (1971-07)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCuba
LanguageSpanish

The Days of Water (Spanish: Los días del agua) is a 1971 Cuban drama film directed by Manuel Octavio Gómez. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize, the Prix FIPRESCI, and Idalia Anreus won the award for Best Actress.[1]

Plot

Based on actual events that occurred in 1936 in Cuba's Pinar Del Río, the film tells the story of Antoñica Izquierdo, a peasant who attributed healing powers through water.[2]

Cast

  • Idalia Anreus as Antonica
  • Raúl Pomares as Lino
  • Adolfo Llauradó as Felipe
  • Mario Balmaseda as Toni

References

  1. "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. Gómez, Manuel Octavio, Los días del agua (Drama), Idalia Anreus, Raúl Pomares, Adolfo Llauradó, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC), retrieved 8 January 2024


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