At the top of his career,Infante strarred this movie assigned by his principal producers,(Rodriguez Bros.).In this movie he worked together with the most prestigious and award wining team in the Mexican movies at that time,Emilio "indio"Fernandez(Director),Gabriel Figueroa(Photographer)and Mauricio Magdaleno(Script Writer),but it became clear that Infante did not fit in this team.Infante seems to be repressed in his performance,even out of his natural enviroment which were usually more pinturesque plots that highlited his charm and songs, much of this misunderstanding between the actor and the other team members could be the boring script,which resulted in a well filmed movie,but seems to be long despite its short duration(82 minuts aprox.)
3 Reviews
Supeerb film about the prison experience in Mexico in the 1950s
oglalakiva4 October 2019
This is an extraordinary film, sadly neglected in the body of work of the legendary Pedro Infante. He plays a wayward youth, who ends up in the infamous prison in Las Islas Marias. The film is bleak and powerful, with many of the best Mexican film talent of the time: director Emilio Fernandez; cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa; the legendary Rosaura Revueltas, who later starred in the blacklisted film Salt of the Earth; Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta, and several other superb actors. It was shot on-location in the recently closed federal prison at the tip of Baja. The film powerful captures the state of the disfranchised of Mexico City. It is moving and illuminating.
One of Infante's worst, since the set up really makes no sense.
planktonrules27 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I've seen quite a few of Pedro Infante's films and was surprised when I saw "Las Islas María", as the story simply made no sense. So, while Infante and the rest of the cast try hard and act well, the story just didn't work for me.
When the story begins, Rosa Suárez vda. De Ortiz is excited because her son is graduating from the military academy and she plans a bit celebration. Sadly, her other children are pretty rotten and give her plenty of worries. The good son (from the academy) is going to try to fix the mess his siblings have made of themselves and he starts with his older brother, Felipe (Pedro Infante). However, after dragging him out of a nightclub, the pair hear shots and find their sister has just murdered a man. Now is when the writing really falls apart. Instead of letting justice run its course, the men shoo the evil sister away and hide the body. When the police discover it and the clues lead back to the brothers, instead of telling them the sister is a murder, the younger brother says he murdered the man and kills himself!!!! Then, Felipe says that HE was the killer and is sent away to prison. WHY????? Why would two men throw their lives away for this sister....especially when she is 100% guilty....and said NOTHING to prevent this tragedy when the police arrived?! And, after the youngest kills himself, why would Felipe insist he did the killing?? None of this made any sense at all and even if the movie did get better (it couldn't get much worse), I was pretty much finished with the movie. Badly written and illogical....it's a shame since most Pedro Infante films are delightful....and make sense.
As for the rest of the film following this, it's decent....mildly entertaining and interesting to see Infante's character in prison. But it just isn't enough to save this story...especially since the resolution at the end came so quickly and apparently easily.
When the story begins, Rosa Suárez vda. De Ortiz is excited because her son is graduating from the military academy and she plans a bit celebration. Sadly, her other children are pretty rotten and give her plenty of worries. The good son (from the academy) is going to try to fix the mess his siblings have made of themselves and he starts with his older brother, Felipe (Pedro Infante). However, after dragging him out of a nightclub, the pair hear shots and find their sister has just murdered a man. Now is when the writing really falls apart. Instead of letting justice run its course, the men shoo the evil sister away and hide the body. When the police discover it and the clues lead back to the brothers, instead of telling them the sister is a murder, the younger brother says he murdered the man and kills himself!!!! Then, Felipe says that HE was the killer and is sent away to prison. WHY????? Why would two men throw their lives away for this sister....especially when she is 100% guilty....and said NOTHING to prevent this tragedy when the police arrived?! And, after the youngest kills himself, why would Felipe insist he did the killing?? None of this made any sense at all and even if the movie did get better (it couldn't get much worse), I was pretty much finished with the movie. Badly written and illogical....it's a shame since most Pedro Infante films are delightful....and make sense.
As for the rest of the film following this, it's decent....mildly entertaining and interesting to see Infante's character in prison. But it just isn't enough to save this story...especially since the resolution at the end came so quickly and apparently easily.
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