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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #1222
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A treasure of Mexico's cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninón Sevilla. She brings fierce charisma and fiery strength to her role as a rumbera a female nightclub dancer who gives up everything to raise an abandoned boy, whom she must protect from his ruthless gangster father
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1951
Special features: Interview with filmmaker and archivist Viviana Garcia Besné; interview with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto; archival documentary; essay by Jacqueline Avila
Editing, Gloria Schoemann; director of photography, Gabriel Figueroa; music, Antonio Díaz Conde
Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta, Rita Montaner
DVD, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles