Product Details

• Actors: Antonio Aguilar, Julio Aldama, Manuel Arvide, Alicia del Lago, Eduardo Fajardo
• Directors: Ismael Rodriguez
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Laguna Productions, Inc
• DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F3AAH0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,500 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Laguna Productions Inc Release Date: 03/21/2006 Run time: 110 minutes

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maria Felix & Pedro Infante, November 24, 2001

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Enrique Torres "Rico" (San Diegotitlan, Califas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tizoc [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The great Mexican director Ismael Rodriquez brought two idols of the Mexican screen together during the mid 1950's, Maria Felix and Pedro Infante, to create an instant classic. This is an excellent film that was filmed in the mountanious area of Oaxaca with magnificent footage of the natural beauty. Pedro Infante is Tizoc, a naive Indian peasant who has a penchant for animals but kills them for their hides with his primitive heaving of a stone in a sling method. His accuracy is astounding and makes the other Indians jealous and he becomes the butt of their jokes and all the other villagers seem to dislike this very likeable character. His accuracy eventually wins the favor of the rich merchant who buys his hides but not before his daughter arrives from Mexico City. The lovely Maria Felix is the rich mans daughter and immediately notices Tizoc. Tizoc meets her and runs away because he thinks she is the virgin Mary come to life from the statue in the church. He gives his simpleton explanation to the priest who scoffs at his story and takes him back and convinces him it is only a resemblance. Tizoc is heroic in his quest to prove his love for Maria Felix. The story proceeds with many touching moments as the two stars strike up a tragic love affair. If you speak Spanish the original language version is preferred over the dubbed version, there is always something lost in a translation. This was Pedro Infante's second to the last film made and earned him a postumous award for best male actor in the Berlin Film Festival. He is terrific and even sings three songs, a twist on the singing cowboy, he is the singing Indio. The film also won the Ariel(Oscar) in Mexcio for best picture and music. One of the highlights is the cinematography which captures the colors of the folkloric clothes worn by the Indians. The "costumes" are magnificent and an added bonus to an epic love story between rich and poor, that crossed social and ethnic lines. Tizoc's speech and perceptions of the world are priceless and worth the cost alone of this classic of Mexican cinema.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film, unsatisfying medium..., February 1, 2004

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Mikkel Moldrup-Lakjer (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tizoc [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The description line says "dubbed in Spanish"? As if it were another Hollywood movie prepared for the Mexican audience. Nothing like it. Instead, this is actually one of the most famous films of the classic Mexican golden age of motion pictures. Starring María Felix and Pedro Infante who sings three songs - it does not get much better than this.

However, I am not going to buy these classics on VHS. The DVD medium has much more to offer, especially in languages. Some of Pedros classic movies are already out on DVD, and they give you the option to add Spanish or English subtitles to the film. As the technical quality of these films is not very good, and as much colloquial language and slang is used, the lines are sometimes hardly audible for a non-native Spanish speaker, so you will need the subtitles. If you know some Spanish, why not try reading the lines in the film's original language? Some of the DVD versions even include original trailers and "behind the scenes" footage. Check out "Los tres huastecos" for instance.

So come on people, let us keep telling companies to release the films on DVD, and THEN we buy them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 2 Greatest Stars of Mexican Cinema, April 7, 2007

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tizoc (Amor Indio) (DVD)

One doesn't usually associate director Ismael Rodriguez with Technicolor and CinemaScope, rather with the earlier b&w Pedro Infante films like "Nosotros los Pobres," and "Los Tres Garcia," but this film has brilliant color, spectacular scenic vistas, and is gorgeous to look at, and one wishes it would be released in widescreen to fully appreciate the beauty of its Oaxacan landscape and the many historic landmarks. "Tizoc" is also special because it stars the two most renown actors of the Epoca de Oro of Mexican filmmaking, Pedro Infante and Maria Felix. Infante plays Tizoc, a humble but noble native of royal bloodlines, hated by the rest of the Mixteca villagers because he is not from the same tribe, and despised by the white man because of being "indio." When Tizoc first sees Maria, the headstrong, artist daughter of a landowner, he thinks she is the Virgen Maria, and then when Maria, ignorant of a local custom, gives him her handkerchief to wipe some blood from an injury, he falls hopelessly in love with her. Maria is engaged to handsome Capitan Arturo (Eduardo Fajardo), and trying to sort out the confusions and errors of many is Fray Bernardo (Andres Soler, excellent as the "Padrecito").

A lot of the dialogue is in a semi-dialect but is understandable, and the film has a certain stiffness to it (perhaps because Infante walks with a slight stoop and bent knees!), but nevertheless it has loads of charm, and is endearing due to Tizoc's sweet soul and his ability to converse with animals, which makes him poetic and intuitive. Maria Felix as always looks like a goddess, and her presence fills the screen like few superstars have managed to do. With the exception of one short scene which alternates betwen being a little too dark and a little too light, the film is in very good condition. Alex Phillips did the glorious cinematography, Raul Lavista the interesting score, where birdsongs are the main focus of the soundtrack, and "Tizoc" won a Golden Globe Award in 1958 for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as many other awards, like a Golden Ariel for Ismael Rodriguez, and a Silver Award for Best Actor at the 1957 Berlin International Festival, given to Infante posthumously. Pedro Infante (1917-1957) crashed his plane near Merida in the Yucutan, and 50 years after his passing, still reigns supreme in the hearts of millions.