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1951 | B/N | 1h 23 min

Manuela, a teenager, enters a boarding school after her mother´s death. But she has trouble adjusting to the rigid disciplinary methods of the school principal, who firmly believes that hunger and strict regulations help build character. Manuela, however, will be protected by Lucila, the youngest teacher, and the woman whom all the girls admire.


Country: México
Direction: B. Crevenna; Alfredo
Script: Eis; Egon, Báez; Edmundo, Winslow; Christa
Production: Lowenthal; Rodolfo
Photography: Torres; Ignacio
Music: Lavista; Raúl
Cast:Carrile; Lupe, Dilián; Irasema, Douglas; María, Gutiérrez; Anabelle, Guzmán; Magda, Morán; Patricia, Revueltas; Rosaura, Rodríguez; Alicia, Caro; Alicia, López; Marga
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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