Sor Tequila

Sor Tequila (English: Sister Tequila) is a 1977 Mexican comedy film starring María Elena Velasco[1] and Chilean comedian Lucho Navarro.

Sor Tequila
Written byRogelio A. González
Screenplay by
  • Fernando Galiana
  • Adolfo Martínez Solares
  • Gilberto Martínez Solares
Produced byFernando de Fuentes Jr.
CinematographyFernando Colín
Edited byIgnacio Chiu
Music byErnesto Cortázar Jr.
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Frantic and playful Franciscan nun María Nicolasa Cruz is sent by her abbess to a small town called Tlacahuixtla de Dos Santos. Despite their knowledge, the abbess is not allowed to forewarn María of an austere and eccentric Jesuit priest named Domingo who is the most powerful figure in town. After being told by his helper about María and her open intention to restore and reopen the Catholic church, he decides she must leave and does lots of antics to her. María's persistence and dismissal of such attacks makes Domingo realize that she may not be an easy target as he though. When María enters the town's annual festivities, winning them all, Domingo becomes desperate, asking for his niece to bring him lots of Boldo tea.

After encountering Domingo's niece Patricia who is going to marry a divorcee, María goes and gives Domingo a "serenade" asking him to let the couple be together. Domingo retaliates by throwing a bucket of water to María, laughing maniacally afterwards. After this María seeks help to restore the church from the town prisoners, but the chief of police, jail director and group leader Jeronimo Pantoja, who is Domingo's helper, is what stands in the way. As such he sabotages her attempt but after a crazy pastry fight María and the prisoners leave.

Domingo is later seen by Patricia after she declares she wants his blessing for her upcoming wedding. He is furious at her because he is against her marry a divorced person. He then gets a sharp chest pain. After attempting to use a helicopter to carry Domingo to a hospital, he is sent to a clinic. After thinking he had a heart attack, María then reveals what hurt Domingo was too much Boldo tea.

After mass, he redirects his attention to the town's people, stating his regret at his former conduct and giving his blessing to Patricia and her fianceé Ignacio. Due to his behavior, he reveals his intention to step down as the town's priest and give leeway to María, but she reveals that everyone does cherish him regardless. Touched, he leaves but his new resolutions are tested as María steps on his cassock, ripping it. As he comically tries to withhold his anger, a vulture lands in his hand as María nervously smiles.

Cast
  • María Elena Velasco as María Nicolasa Cruz
  • Lucho Navarro as Father Domingo
  • Lupita Pallás as Patricia's mother
  • Flor Trujillo as Patricia
  • Jorge Lavat as Ignacio
  • Carlos Bravo y Fernández (Carhillos) as Town Barber

Release

The film was a box-office success in Mexico.[2][3]

Themes

Sor Tequila 's main character is "a quick-witted Indian heroine whose antics subvert the cinematic stereotype of passive, self-sacrificing women."[4] [5][6]

References
  1. "Sor Tequila". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 1991.
  3. Holloway, Thomas H. (2011-03-21). A Companion to Latin American History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-9164-0.
  4. Coerver, Don M.; Pasztor, Suzanne B.; Buffington, Robert (2004-09-22). Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-85109-517-9.
  5. Berg, Charles Ramírez (2010-07-05). Cinema of Solitude: A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-79192-3.
  6. Pineda-Dawe, Mariana (2012). Estereotipo, frontera y género: una lectura negociada de tres cintas de la India María (in Spanish). Université de Montréal.
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