The Garden of Aunt Isabel

The Garden of Aunt Isabel
Directed by	Felipe Cazals
Written by	Julio Alejandro Jaime Casillas
Starring	Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Claudio Brook Ofelia Guilmáin
Cinematography	Jorge Stahl Jr.
Edited by	Rafael Ceballos Peter Parasheles
Music by	Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras Bernardo Segall
Production company	Alpha Centauri
Distributed by	Películas Mexicanas
Release date	1971 (1971)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Garden of Aunt Isabel (Spanish: El jardín de la tía Isabel) is a 1971 Mexican historical drama film directed by Felipe Cazals and starring Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Claudio Brook and Ofelia Guilmáin. During the early 16th century, two Spanish ships are wrecked on the Mexican coast. A group of survivors set out on a trek to try to locate a famed El Dorado.

Most of the locations used were around the Maya archeological zone near Tulum. Mayan pyramids are seen in the movie. Most of it in the last two scenes.

Cast

• Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Capitaine de Ballesteros
• Claudio Brook as Gonzalo de Medina
• Ofelia Guilmáin as Xeneta
• Gregorio Casal as Diego
• Jorge Luke as Roderico
• Javier Esponda as Césat
• Augusto Benedico
• Julián Pastor
• Germán Robles
• Alfonso Arau
• Claudio Obregón
• Martha Navarro
• Roberto Dumont
• Juan Peláez
• Carlos Fernández
• Dunia Saldívar
• Pilar Sen
• Lilia Aragón
• Gastón Melo
• Héctor Ortega
• Roberto Rivero
• Jorge Rado
• Alfredo Torres
• Farnesio de Bernal
• Aarón Hernán
• Carlos Nieto
• Carlos Cardán
• Carlos Jordán
• Ramón Fernández
• Mario Castillón Bracho
• Patricia Ferrer
• Max Kerlow
• Carlos Agostí
• Nathanael León
• Luis del Río
• Ramón Menéndez
• José Vidal
• Hernando Name

Bibliography

• Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.

External links

• The Garden of Aunt Isabel at IMDb