El grito sagrado

El Grito Sagrado The Silent Call is a fictionalized retelling of Argentinas fight for independence from Spain The story is personalized by being related through the eyes of Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson y Mendeville played by popular Latin American leading lady Fanny Navarro Rebelling against the cozy traditionalism of her family Mariquita weds tireless patriot Martin Thompson Carlos Cores She remains by her husbands side as he helps to fend off a British invasion and to achieve freedom for the Argentine slave population Oddly the principal villains in the film are the British a reflection perhaps of Argentine dictator Juan Perons ongoing efforts to curry favor with Spain