Maleficarum is the story of Francisca, a wealthy orphan and Mariana, her widowed protestant friend, who live surrounded by a town in which they are the center of hostile gossip.
Francisco Verdugo, the Inquisitor, has his own ambitions. He has his greedy eyes on the orphan heiress’s properties, but he needs a pretext.
A confrontation in the street among a group of girls gives him the perfect excuse to arrest Mariana and Francisca and enchain them in the horror chambers of the Inquisition, leading them to a frightful end as they are convicted of witchcraft.
Directed by
Jac Avila
Writing by
Jac Avila
Cast
Amy Hesketh – Mariana de Castro
Mila Joya – Francisca de la Cruz
Roberto Lopez – Father Francisco Verdugo
Alejandro Loayza – Brother Rodrigo de Palomares
Eric Calancha – Torturer
Omar Aldayuz – Prosecutor
Roberto Carlos Velasquez – Torturer’s Assistant
Maria Esther Arteaga – Josefa Maria Flores
Claudia Moscoso – Dona Beatriz de Trejo
Barbara Dorado – Maria de las Nieves
Manuel Rebollo – Diego Ascencio de Vera
Vanessa Calvimontes – Isabel Petrona Arteaga
Sergio Fernandez – Tomás de Araujo
Erika Saavedra – Maria Antonia de Castañeda
Fermin Nuñez – Don Juan de Gauna
Gina Alcon – Doña Mayor de Luna
Massiel Dorado – Luisa de Catellón
Ariel Enriquez – Tomás de la Puente Vernel
Rubi Mujica – Isabel de Porras
Carlos Izek Kahan – Soldier
Marcelo Quiroga – Soldier
Erly Illanes – Soldier
Andrea Galvarro – Beatriz’s friend
Diana Zapata – Beatriz’s friend
Danitza Lora – Neighbor
Cecilia Rocabado – Neighbor
Valdicia Yaroslav – Neighbor
Erix Antoine – His Excellency
Produced by
Jac Avila
Amy Hesketh
Associate Producer
Roberto Lopez … associate producer (as Roberto Lopez L.)
Dave Parker …
Wilsson Asturizaga – Associate producer
Cinematography by
Miguel Inti Canedo … director of photography
Film Editing by
Jac Avila
Costume Design by
Amy Hesketh … (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mariela Salaverry …
assistant director (as Mariela Sasha Salaverry)
Art Department
Amy Hesketh … wooden props (uncredited)
Sound Department
Erly Illanes … soundC
amera and Electrical Department
Erly Illanes … lighting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mila Joya … assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Other crew
Wilsson Asturizaga … production assistant
