Poison For The Fairies
– In 1965 Mexico City, Fabiola, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, a young orphan gi..
In 1965 Mexico City, Fabiola, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, a young orphan girl who has an unhealthy fascination with witchcraft. Fabiola is convinced that she, herself, is a witch by Graciela, who then uses the fear that she's put into her new friend to get Fabiola to carry out her orders. As their games grow more serious, the two girls find themselves involved in murder.
Spanish
Carlos Enrique Taboada
Carlos Enrique Taboada (story), Carlos Enrique Taboada (screenplay)
Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Mexico City circa 1965: Flavia is an aristocratic little girl, who is very lonely and bored. At school she meets and befriends a strange and beautiful girl named Verónica, who dreams of becoming a witch. Their games get increasingly sadistic and macabre, and escalate to involve the bloody murder of a piano teacher and macabre mayhem.
5 wins & 5 nominations.
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía