Macario (1960 film)

Macario (1960), directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Ignacio López Tarso, tells the story of a poor woodcutter who meets Death on the Day of the Dead. It was the first Mexican film nominated for the Oscar for best foreign-language film.

It is based on a story by B. Traven, a mysterious writer of German origin who settled in Mexico and hid his identity all his life; Traven also wrote The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.