Cantaclaro is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán.
[1] Florentino (Antonio Badú), nicknamed "Cantaclaro", after saving his family's lands, goes to the plains to learn more songs to sing.
[2] Cantaclaro began filming in June 1945, after Julio Bracho made The White Monk.
An American envoy from 20th Century Fox, Francis Alstock, boyfriend of actress Esther Fernandez, who starred in the film, featured as executive producer.
[3] In Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano, Jesús Ibarra states that at the time of the film's premiere, "the critics were divided their opinions and the public did not like it," stating that "despite the beautiful and fluid language, the dialogues were long and the film a bit boring,"[3] with Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age citing that "some contemporary critics have generally labeled Cantaclaro, along with most or all of the Gallegos films, 'mediocre'".