EN LA PALMA DE TU MANO (IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND) – 2/23, 3pm
Tickets available here! The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles
(LACLA), the USC School of Cinema and Media Arts and The Film Noir
Foundation are proud to present a special screening of the renowned
Mexican film En la palma de tu mano (In the palm of your hand),
Roberto Gavaldón’s cult classic, considered by many critics to be
one of the best movies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. This
captivating film noir features Arturo de Córdova as an unscrupulous
clairvoyant who swindles wealthy women using the information that his
wife Clara, a hairdresser in a beauty parlor, provides him. His life
takes an unexpected turn when he tries to blackmail the beautiful
widow Ada Romano (Leticia Palma) and falls in love. As the fraudulent
fortuneteller Professor Karin, Córdova uses the secrets of his female
clientele to blackmail them, while at the same time he is a pawn in
the higher game being played by a treacherous widow (Palma). Featuring
a memorable score by Gavaldón’s regular collaborator Raúl Lavista
and crisp black and white cinematography, the film remains as alluring
as when it hit the theaters in 1951. A must see! A Q&A session will be
hosted by Guido Segal -Screenwriter, Film Critic, and LACLA Program
Manager- with special guests speakers Alan K. Rode, Writer and
Director of the Film Noir Foundation, and Laura Serna, Writer and
Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC. Attendees will
be offered a courtesy mini-card reading by the intuitive psychic
reader Lola Fierros. Come witness her ability to who perceive messages
and energy channeled through the divination of tarot cards! En la
palma de tu mano (Roberto Gavaldón, Mexico, 1951, 113 minutes).
Starring Arturo de Córdova, Leticia Palma, Carmen Montejo, Ramón
Gay.
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