Overview
El evangelio de las maravillas ("The Gospel of the Marvels") is a 1998 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers led by Papá Basilio (Rabal) and Mamá Dorita (Jurado). They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa (Gurrola) the signals of the chosen one. The young girl will be the new leader in "La Nueva Jerusalem".
Cast
Francisco Rabal as Papá Basilio
Katy Jurado as Mamá Dorita
Flor Eduarda Gurrola as Tomasa (as Edwarda Gurrola)
Carolina Papaleo as Nélida
Bruno Bichir as Gavilán
Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Micaela
Rafael Inclán
Rodrigo Ostap as Fidel
Angelina Peláez as Elodia
Gina Morett as Rita
Juan Carlos Colombo
Rafael Velasco as Mateo
Marta Aura
Asunción Balaguer as woman in the congregation
Teresa Mondragón
Julieta Egurrola as Tomasa's mother
References
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).