EL NIÑO FIDENCIO, TAUMA-TURGO DE ESPINAZO

Nicolás Echevarría
Mexico 1981 | 75 Min. | 35 mm, OF

Doc­u­men­tary about the cer­e­monies in honour of Niño Fiden­cio, a famous curan­dero (quack) of the 20s, in the town of Espina­zo, in the state of Nuevo León. The film com­bines archival mate­r­i­al with tes­ti­monies and inter­views about the con­tem­po­rary cult.