Synopsis
One of the most popular Mexican films ever made, the cult sensation AVENTURERA is a famous example of a cabaretera, a curious film noir and Carmen Miranda-styled musical hybrid wildly popular in Mexico in the ‘40s and ‘50s. Shades of MILDRED PIERCE in this melodramatic rise and fall of a beautiful, popular nightclub star with a dark past. Delirious, delicious, and dangerous. Don’t miss!Read More »
Andrea Palma
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Alberto Gout – Aventurera (1950)
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Arcady Boytler & Raphael J. Sevilla – La Mujer del puerto AKA Woman of the Port (1934)
1931-1940Arcady BoytlerDramaMexicoRaphael J. SevillaSynopsis:
Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman. In Veracruz, Rosario lives above a sordid cabaret “selling her love to the men coming from the sea.” One night, sailor Alberto (Soler) rescues Rosario from the dirty hands of a drunk man. They get along and go to Rosario’s room. After making love, they begin to talk and Rosario discovers they’re siblings…
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