- Chac: Dios de la lluvia
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Chac: Dios de la lluvia Directed by Rolando Klein Produced by Rolando Klein Written by Rolando Klein Starring Pablo Canche Balam
Alonzo Mendez Ton
Sebastian Santis
Pedro TiezMusic by Victor Fozado
Elisabeth WaldoCinematography William B. Kaplan
Álex Phillips Jr.Editing by Harry Keramidas Distributed by Libra Films Release date(s) 1975 Running time 95 min Country Mexico
PanamaLanguage Mayan Languages
SpanishChac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein.
The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac.
The film is in the Maya languages. The majority of the cast speak Tzotzil Maya, but one of the main actors, Pablo Canche Balam who plays the shaman, speaks Yukatek Maya.
External links
- IMDB listing
- Review of the film: Chac: The Rain God
- Chac: The making of a “Mayan” movie? Review by Sheldon H. Harris
- Chac: Dios de la lluvia at AllRovi
Categories:- 1975 films
- Mesoamerica in fiction
- Mayan-language films
- Spanish-language films
- Indigenous film in Latin America
- Independent film stubs
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