Cuando habla el corazón
1943 film
Cuando habla el corazón is a 1943 Mexican western drama film directed by Juan José Segura and Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Infante, María Luisa Zea, and Víctor Manuel Mendoza. The film was released at the Iris Theater (Teatro Iris) on October 21, 1943.
Songs
Del norte ni sí ni no by Pepe Guízar
Ventanita de oro by Pedro D'Lille and Felipe Bermejo
El azotón by Pedro D'Lille and Felipe Bermejo
Corrido de Chihuahua
Plot
Set in Chihuahua in 1905, two young men are sent out hunting separately as tests of their manhood (prueba de cartrucho), each one given only one cartridge. Cruz González (Mendoza) hopes to bring back a bear, but Miguel Del Campo's (Infante) father insists that if Miguel doesn't get a deer, that he's not to come home. When Miguel takes a shot at a deer, he falls and shoots in the air. A little while later Cruz sees Miguel looking unhappy, who explains that now he can't go home because he used his only cartridge and didn't kill a deer. Cruz offers Miguel his only cartridge, explaining he'll get another one from home. Later Miguel brings a deer back home and his father is very proud, however Cruz has nothing to show for his effort and greatly disappoints his godfather Don Rafael (Soto Rangel) who disowns him.
Ten years later Miguel travels to San Andres, Chihuahua and seduces a young woman named Anna María (Cora). He then receives news that his father is ill and tells her he needs to go back home, with a promise that he'll return.
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