Emilio Fernández
Mexican film director and screenwriterWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Emilio Fernández".
Sep 18, 2026
1946 Epilogue
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14:06Josh BellHOST
As I think we talked about in that Crisis episode, he started as a writer and then got his chance to direct.
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14:12Josh BellHOST
The rest of the winners include Leopold Lindbergh's The Last Chance, Emilio Fernandez's Maria Candelaria, Frentisek Capp's Men Without Wings, Chetan Anand's Nietzsche Nagar, Boldel Ibsen and Lau Lauritsen Jr.'s Red Meadows, Jean Delannoy's Pastoral Symphony, and Frederick Ermler's The Turning Point.
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14:37Josh BellHOST
Don't ask me what any of those movies are.
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14:39Jason HarrisHOST
Yeah, what the heck? The ones that jumped out at me, Make Mine Music was in here, which we did cover.
Y Sigue La Balacera: El Gato de Chihuahua (1996) & La Metralleta Infernal (1990)
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11:43Armando HernándezHOST
Yeah.
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11:43Joey DiazHOST
Um, also has, uh, uh, Jaime Fernandez, who's bro... uh, a brother to El Indio Fernandez.
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11:50Armando HernándezHOST
Mm-hmm.
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11:51Joey DiazHOST
Um, who plays Senor de la Frontera, who's, like, the, the fucking, the m- the mob boss or the, the, the leader of the cartel, if you will.
Season 3 Episode 5
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5:59ChenryHOST
Don Julian Santana Barrera began to collect dolls and hang them around a small island.
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6:04ChenryHOST
The island gained notoriety in 43 when Mexican director Emilio, so this is probably earlier than the mid, mid, early, yeah, the late 30s, early 40s, obviously.
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6:14ChenryHOST
Mexican director Emilio Fernandez used it as a location of the film Maria Candelaria.
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6:19ChenryHOST
After Barrera's death in 01, his family opened the island to the public for a tourist attraction.
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6:24ChenryHOST
So the legend is, Barrera is said to have either come across the body of a girl floating in the canals or failed to save her from drowning.