Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) on Netflix
TV-1419681h 28mDramaFantasyHorror
Nightmares of a girl calling her name haunt Claudia at her boarding school. After she and her friends enter a forbidden tower, the principal keeps them at school for the holidays.
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Plot summary
Claudia studies at a girls' boarding school where she wakes at night hearing a girl call her name; the doctor prescribes rest, and Lucía, the subprincipal, supports it, while Bernarda, the principal, sends her back to class. Claudia's friends Kitty, Marina, Ivette, Lili, Silvia and Verónica find the tower door on the grounds unlocked, and Claudia says she knows the place from her visions. Bernarda punishes the girls with a stay at school through the holidays and remedial lessons. Josefina, who has no family to visit, stays as well. Bernarda questions Claudia about what she saw, and Lucía asks her to lift the punishment, but Bernarda refuses.
Cast
- Rita Sabre Marroquínas Marina
- Irma Castillónas Silvia
- Pamela Susan Hallas Andrea, the ghost
- Rafael Llamasas Diego
- Saidi Dupeyronas Armando
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
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- Actress Norma Lazareno said the director conspired with the technical crew to play pranks on the actresses so they would become nervous during filming, a tactic she credits with heightening the tension and the film's scare factor.
- The film is considered a cult movie in Mexico and has been credited with revitalizing the Mexican horror genre.
- The film was director Carlos Enrique Taboada's first foray into horror cinema. He wrote the screenplay in 1967 as El viento tiene miedo and lobbied producer Jesús Grovas for the directing job, which Grovas granted on condition the title be changed.
