A beautifully crafted film about a humble and courageous man named Juan Diego, whom the Virgin Mary chose to convert the Americas to the Christian faith. The story of a man who was canonized by John Paul II as the first indigenous person of the Americas. It is also a film about the miracle that God gave us in the form of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is among the many scientifically inexplicable phenomena that continue to amaze people to this day.

The story takes us back to 16th-century New Spain on the American continent, where Juan Diego is one of the indigenous farmers oppressed by the conquistadors.

Under the influence of a Catholic priest, Juan Diego embraces the Christian faith and, along with his wife, becomes a convert. Some of the indigenous people view this act as a betrayal, and as a result, hostility toward this peace-loving man begins to grow.

After his wife’s death, he leaves with his uncle to live elsewhere. It is there that the Virgin Mary first appears to this Native American. Of course, no one believes him, and the bishop himself demands proof of the Virgin Mary’s apparition.

The plot intertwines with the present day, where Juan Martinez, an ambitious journalist, is tasked with writing an article about the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Guadalupe. His life is severely disrupted by a car accident involving his pregnant wife, who falls into a coma.

Drama

USA, 2020, 98 min

Cast: Pedro Brenner;

Crew: Guillermo Iván, Jesús Lloveras, Eric da Silva, Paola Baldion, Hash Patel;

Parents’ Guide:

A few instances of flirting between lovers. Several instances of kissing between spouses. Several instances of a half-naked Native American. A few instances of a woman in an off-the-shoulder dress. A beaten man. A man seriously injured by a gun. One instance of a cigar given as a gift. Wine drinking at a party.

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