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.

[2] 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.