Balún Canán

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

1977 1 h 57 min

Drama

54%

Audience score5 votes on TMDB

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“A strange spell sentenced her son to death”

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.