Nuestro Cine Clasico: Flor Silvestre/Subida al Cielo

Description

FLOR SILVESTRE: The romance between Esperanza (Dolores Del Rio), granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro (Pedro Armendariz), the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movement, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, Castro sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow. SUBIDA AL CIELO: A young man and woman's honeymoon is cut short when the man learns that his mother has fallen ill back at home. The newlywed couple rush there to discover the other sons neglecting their mom in order to plot their squandering of the inheritance. The newlywed son takes quite an adventurous bus ride to a distant city to get his mother's will notarized to the contrary, and is faced with multiple temptations along the way.