The Black Widow (La viuda negra) 46 years old

In a small town in Mexico, Matea is an orphan who assists the priest, Father Feliciano in his parish. The village doctor tries to seduce her but fails and proceeds to defame her into believing that Matea maintains relations with the priest. The people believe him and demand to cure her; he refuses and locks himself away with Matea. During the lockdown they develop a passionate love, but fate arrives and the priest dies.. Matea becomes a kind of priestess to which known as the "Black Widow".

Credits

The Black Widow Cast

Name Character
Isela Vega She was 37, now 84 years old as Matea Gutiérrez
Mario Almada He was 55, 94 years old when he died as Father Feliciano
René Casados He was 15, now 62 years old
Hilda Aguirre She was 33, now 79 years old as Ursula
Beatriz Marín
Sérgio Jimenez He was 6, 22 years old when he died as Doctor
Ana Ofelia Murguía She was 43, now 90 years old
Leonor Llausás She was 48, 73 years old when she died
Juan Ángel Martínez He was 38, 44 years old when he died
Eduardo Alcaraz He was 62, 72 years old when he died
Jorge Fegán

The Black Widow Crew

Name Department
Arturo Ripstein as Director. He was 33 (now 80) years old Directing
Francisco del Villar as Writer. He was 57 (58) years old when He died Writing
Ramón Obón as Writer. Writing
The Black Widow poster
The Black Widow (46 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, August 17, 1977
  • Runtime: 78 minutes