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1953 | B/N | 85:00

Manuel meets Estrella, a rumba dancer who introduces him to a gangster known as "El Gitano".  Manuel starts to work for him illegally before realizing that money can’t buy happiness.


Country: México
Direction: Galindo: Alejandro
Script: Villatoro; Carlos, Galindo; Alejandro
Production: Posada; José O., Noriega; Joseph
Photography: Jiménez; Agustín
Sound: Samperio; Galdino, L. Fields; James
Cast:Aguilar; Amalia, Cañedo; Roberto, Parra; Víctor, Soto Rangel; Arturo, Grifell; Prudencia
Art direction: Rodríguez G; José
Participation year at FICM: 2020

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