Macario

About Macario

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death.

Macario is a 1960 fantasy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. At 91 minutes long, it arrived in June 1960.

The film is filed under mexico, devil, hunger, and starvation. The film began as a novel.

Ignacio López Tarso appears as Macario, Pina Pellicer as Esposa de Macario, Enrique Lucero as La muerte, and Mario Alberto Rodríguez as Don Ramiro. The screenplay is by Emilio Carballido and Roberto Gavaldón. Produced by Estudios Churubusco Azteca.

In the Heart of the Sea, Killer Elite, and The Devils make useful companions to Macario, all filed under death. TMDB voters put it at 8.7 out of 10 across 226 votes.