The Pearl
The Pearl
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The Pearl

DirectorEmilio Fernández

Steinbeck's most talked-about story!

7.2 / 10
1947
86 min
DramaAdventure

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.

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