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The song "La Llorona" appears in the film Frida (2002), about Frida Kahlo, directed by Julie Taymor [9] and starring Mexican actress Salma Hayek. Chavela Vargas was invited for a special appearance, singing her version of "La Llorona". It is well known that Vargas was a close friend and a frequent house guest of Frida Kahlo and her husband ...
La Llorona ('The Weeping Woman' or 'the Cryer') is an oral legend in Latin American folklore. ... "La Llorona" (song), a Mexican folk song covered by many artists;
She was discovered via a casting call by Jayro Bustamante, [3] [5] and acted in two of Bustamante's films, Ixcanul and La Llorona. [5] At the 2019 Venice Film Festival, she wore a typical Quetzaltenango costume. [8] In 2022, she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe by appearing in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever where she played Namor's mother. [9]
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
Jayro Bustamante's acclaimed 'La Llorona' reclaims a celebrated ghost story to expose the atrocities of Efraín Ríos Montt's military dictatorship in Guatemala.
La Llorona (lit. ' The Crying Woman ' ) is a 1933 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Ramón Peón , written by Fernando de Fuentes and Carlos Noriega Hope , and stars Ramón Pereda , Virginia Zurí, Adriana Lamar and Carlos Orellana .
Director Jayro Bustamante sets the story of the 'wailing woman' of lore in a Guatemala reckoning with its legacy of violence against Indigenous people.
Legend Quest: The Legend of La Llorona (released in Hispanic America as La Leyenda de la Llorona) is a Mexican animated horror adventure comedy film based on the legend of La Llorona. The second installment of the Leyendas film saga, it is a sequel to La Leyenda de la Nahuala , which was a box-office success.