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Maria Felix was one of the biggest movie stars in Mexico, the strong and sexy leading lady in nearly fifty movies. She became a star in the 1940s and was known as "La Doña," after her character in Doña Bárbara (1943). Her iconic status in Mexico has been compared to that of Marilyn Monroe's in the United States, and her love life was as newsworthy as her film appearances. Her other films include Rio Escondido and Enamorada, both released in 1947, and Luis Buñuel's Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959). After a television series in 1970, Felix appeared in only one film, but she remained in the news, famous for her fashion sense and jet-setting image (she ... owned racehorses). She died on her 88th birthday from what was called a heart attack, but her brother suggested that she had been poisoned.
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Love her or hate her, Maria Felix continues to be the face of Mexican Cinema. Although she has not made a film in over thirty years, La Dona still captures the imagination of the Mexican public. Outspoken, caustic, absurd, vain, she is an international celebrity of high drama and startling presence. Her life is the story of twentieth century Mexican film. This session will examine this legend of sensuality and powerful femininity celebrated in song by her ex-husband Augustin Lara and painted by Diego Rivera and her current husband. Discussion will follow the showing of five film clips from her 48 films and recorded interviews.
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Maria Felix and newborn Oscar stand beneath a Native American flag in their home in Tepic. Huichols feel a kinship with indigenous peoples worldwide. The North American Indigenous man on the flag has visited Maria Felix during dream time. According to one version of their history, Huichols were once part of the greater Aztec nation, but split off when the Aztecs became warriors and conquerors. There is no record of war in Huichol history; their strength lies in their shamanic relationship to the world of Spirit.
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Mexican superstar Maria Felix stars in one of the films that made her famous! In LA DIOSA ARRODILLADA, Raquel (Maria Felix) is looking for a way out of her love affair with Antonio (Arturo de Cordova), a married aristocrat. When Antonio's wife, Elena, begs her husband for a statue to adorn the front garden, he buys a sensual sculpture known as 'La Diosa Arrodillada' (The Kneeling Goddess) which is modeled after Raquel's likeness. In no time, the sculpture leads Antonio down a memory lane he'd rather soon forget.
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Since Maria Felix's death, these jewellery pieces have been displayed as part of The Art of Cartier Collection in several museums around the world. To pay tribute to the actress, in 2006 Cartier debuted its La Dona de Cartier collection. The La Dona de Cartier watch with reptilian links was created to impress by its wild look. The case of the La Dona de Cartier features a trapezoid shape with asymmetrical profile reminding a crocodile's head that was tattooed on Maria Felix's skin. The wristband of the watch resembles the contours of a crocodile in large, bold gold scales. The Art of Cartier Collection ... includes jewellery, accessories, and leather handbags.[1]
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[T]he myth of Maria Felix is different," Paz said. "Maria Felix is a woman - such a woman - with the audacity to defy the ideas machos have constructed of what a woman should be. She's free like the wind, she disperses the clouds, or illuminates them with the lightning flash of her gaze."
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