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1951 | B/N | 86 min 0 seg

Having recently escaped from a reformatory for troubled women, a voluptuous young delinquent is taken in by a wealthy Spanish family and methodically proceeds to undermine their conservative religious household through seduction and intimidation.


Country: México
Direction: Buñuel; Luis
Script: Salvador; Jaime, Buñuel; Luis
Production: Kogan; Sergio
Photography: Ortiz Ramos; José
Sound: Bustos; Antonio
Music: Lavista; Raúl
Cast:Quintana; Rosita, Soler; Fernando, Manuel Mendoza; Víctor, Palou; Matilde
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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