Goya Producciones has announced that the film titled “Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity” will premiere in the United States (with English subtitles), Mexico, Central America, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, and Chile, on Thursday, February 22, 2024.
“Shot on location in Mexico, the United States, Spain, and Germany, the feature film opens with powerful fictionalized recreations of the five apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Guadalupe in 1531, inspired by the original true account of St. Juan Diego,” per a press release sent to sources.
The portion of the film that includes powerful testimonies was directed by Spanish filmmaker Pablo Moreno, and stars actress Karyme Lozano as presenter, Angelica Chong as the Virgin of Guadalupe, and Mario Alberto Hernandez as Juan Diego, the narration is done by Pepe Alonso, popular EWTN host.
Aside the aforementioned date and locations, the film will also debut in Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay on February 29, in Spain on March 1, and in Brazil on May 2, all in 2024.
“Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity” tells the true story of a Hollywood producer who owes his life to Our Lady of Guadalupe; a movie actress who prays to her in the midst of the hustle and bustle of filming; two converts from crime and drug trafficking; and a post-abortive woman who recovers her faith and the desire to live thanks to the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.
José H. Gómez, archbishop of Los Angeles, also testifies to the miracles attributed to Our Lady in that city.
Andrés Garrigó, the overall director of the film, “shows us the dramatic history of pre-Hispanic Mexico at the time of arrival of the Spaniards and how, after the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the people abandoned in masse the bloody human sacrifices to embrace Christianity,” according to the press release.
The release added that “With the help of the latest technologies, the film reveals the messages hidden in the tilma, the miraculous cloth on which the image of the Virgin Mary was captured: the human images that appear in her eyes, the meaning of the stars, and other drawings on the mantle.”
“With this movie, we set ourselves a very high goal: to recreate in the hearts of people today the marvelous effect that the apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe had 500 years ago. We can now offer many people the joy of experiencing them again,” Garrigó stated.