The Boy and the Fog

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The Boy and the Fog
Film poster
Directed by	Roberto Gavaldón
Written by	Edmundo Báez Roberto Gavaldón Rodolfo Usigli
Produced by	Jesús Grovas
Starring	Dolores del Río Pedro López Lagar Eduardo Noriega
Cinematography	Gabriel Figueroa
Edited by	Gloria Schoemann
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production company	Cinematográfica Grovas
Distributed by	Azteca Films
Release date	24 December 1953 (1953-12-24)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Boy and the Fog (Spanish: El Niño y la niebla) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río, Pedro López Lagar and Eduardo Noriega.^[1] It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and on location around Poza Rica and Tuxpan in Veracruz. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

Marta (Dolores del Río) is a woman who lives obsessed, since her brother died of schizophrenia and her mother remains interned at a mental health hospital. Fearful that the disease is congenital, Marta keeps her family background secret from her husband while overprotecting her only son. Because of her obsession, Marta does not realize that the only psychologically affected in her family is her.