SCFZ

Polling the films of Roberto Gavaldon

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half* of the Gavaldon films you've seen, up to a maximum of 8. So if you've seen 6 films, you can vote for 3, and if you've seen 20, you can vote for up to 8.

* If you've seen an odd number, you can round up when deciding the length of your ballot -- e.g if you've seen 7, you can vote for 4, and if you've seen 15, you can vote for the maximum of 8.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Friday, in seven days, whatever day that is

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

Macario

only seen one but it was excellent so i will vote

la otra
en la palma de tu mano

seen 1

the kneeling goddess

seen 11

después de la tormenta/after the storm
la diosa arrodillada/the kneeling goddess
macario
la otra
la escondida
en la palma de tu mano

la otra
en la palma de tu mano
la diosa arrodillada
macario

Seen elebenty-forty

El Siete De Copas
Don Quixote Cabalga De Nuevo
La Rosa Blanca
El Rebozo De Soledad
Kneeling Goddess
Macario
En la Palma De Tu Mano

gavaldon sent four films to cannes in the 1950s (and 1960) -- cannes favourites came up in the alan parker poll, and gavaldon may have been one for a while too, though he never won a major prize. we have a tie for 1st, and only two people are eligible to vote to break the tie -- lencho and sally, if you've seen both films, please post here (i can infer which you'd vote for from your ballots!). if i don't get any replies, i suppose i'll declare the kneeling goddess the winner, because it seems very likely lencho has seen both...

results
1. The Kneeling Goddess (1947) — 8.02 pts
1. La Otra (1946) — 8.01 pts
3. Macario (1960) — 5.5 pts
4. After the Storm (1955) — 5 pts
4. El 7 De Copas (1960) — 5 pts
6. In the Palm of Your Hand (1951) — 4.8 pts
7. Don Quijote Cabalga De Nuevo (1973) — 4 pts
8. Rosa Blanca (1961) — 3 pts
9. Soledad’s Shawl (1952) — 2 pts
10. The Hidden One (1956) — 1 pt

Yeah, I'd have to go with Kneeling. Rewatched La Otra during poll-time, cuz I got hold of a new resto, and it was flash! Almost wanted to rethink my ballot... but nonetheless, KG has more conceptual oomph.