The Pearl

The Pearl

Year: 1947

Runtime: 86 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Emilio Fernández

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Steinbeck’s most talked‑about story. Poor fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are desperate after the town’s foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been stung by a scorpion. When Quino finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana fears it will bring only misfortune and urges him to return it to the ocean.

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