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El baile de San Juan

5.0 120 mins History   2010
Director(s): Francisco Athié

It is the final decade of the 18th century in New Spain. We are in Mexico City, inhabited by local adventurers, native inhabitants and Europeans of every kind. In these surroundings, our characters, Jerónimo Marani, court choreographer, Giovanni, his mestizo son, and Victoria, the daughter of the most prominent family in the city, who is in love with Giovanni, live a life of love and aversion, court intrigue and popular grievances, Viceregal dogmas and dreams of freedom. Mexico´s war of independence is only a few years in the future.

Casts of El baile de San Juan

José María de Tavira

as Pedro Giovanni Marani Tepochteca

Cassandra Ciangherotti

as Victoria de la Villa

Marcello Marzzarella

as Jerónimo Marani

Jean-Michel Noirey

as Viceroy's Counselor

Pablo Paz

as José María Morales "El Bicho"

Antonio Rupérez

as Arzobispo

Edna Necoechea

as Marquesa de la Villa

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

as Marqués de la Villa

Marta Aura

as Genoveva

Noé Hernández

as Juvenal

Antonio González

as Virrey

Amelia Zapata

as Guadalupe Tepochteca

Arielle Dombasle

as Virreina

Torsten Fuchs

as Barón von Rühm

Sissi Fleitas

as Lucía, la cantante ciega

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