TMDb5.4 / 10

Balún Canán (1977)

Name: Balún Canán
Director: Benito Alazraki
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977-05-26
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Saby Kamalich, Tito Junco, Pilar Pellicer, Fernando Balzaretti, Cecilia Camacho

A strange spell sentenced her son to death

117 min · Mexico · Dir. Benito Alazraki

Drama 1977 movies

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.