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La mujer sin alma
1944 | B/N | 89:00

Young, beautiful, middle-class Teresa is determined to climb the social ladder, employing her charms to manipulate rich men. Her main victims will be Don Alfredo Velasco and his nephew-in-law Enrique Ferrer. The ambitious Teresa accepts a marriage proposal from Luis, Alfredo’s younger brother—but when she wins over Enrique during a hunt at the Ferrer hacienda, a series of family conflicts is unleashed.


Country: México
Direction: de Fuentes; Fernando
Script: de Fuentes; Fernando, Lapeña; Alfonso. Basado en la novela La razón social de Alphonse Daudet
Production: Enrique Galindo; Luis
Photography: Herrera; Víctor
Sound: Peón; Rafael, Esperón; Manuel, E. Randall; Howard, Ruiz Esparza; Rafael
Music: Domínguez; Francisco
Cast:María Félix, Andrés Soler, Antonio Badú, Chela Campos, Fernando Soler, Carlos Villatoro
Art direction: Bracho; Jesús
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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