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The Naked Woman (film)

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The Naked Woman
Directed byFernando Méndez
Written byLuis Manrique
Pedro de Urdimalas
Gregorio Walerstein
Produced byLuis Manrique
Gregorio Walerstein
StarringMeche Barba
Antonio Aguilar
Miguel Torruco
Carlos López Moctezuma
CinematographyAgustín Martínez Solares
Edited byRafael Ceballos
Music bySergio Guerrero
Production
company
Cinematográfica Filmex
Distributed byClasa-Mohme
Release date
  • 25 March 1953 (1953-03-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Naked Woman (Spanish: La mujer desnuda) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Meche Barba, Antonio Aguilar and Miguel Torruco.[1] It is part of the genre of Rumberas film popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. It was shot at the San Ángel Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández.

Plot

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A cabaret dancer, daughter of a circus clown, marries a famous singer. When both seem to be happy, a former lover of the young woman returns from her past and blackmails her to not reveal her dark past.

Cast

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Reviews

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In this film, Meche Barba does not appear naked as the title suggests, but she was painted gold, and then dressed in expensive fur coats in a gruesome story with a melodramatic ending. The film was vetoed by the now defunct League of The Decency.[2] The great photography of Agustín Martínez Solares stands out and gives a touch of Film noir with the singer Antonio Aguilar as a sort of Mexican Victor Mature who gives a tremendous beating to the villain Miguel Torruco.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Alfaro p.83
  2. ^ Aviña, Rafael (1999). Revista Somos: Las Rumberas del Cine Mexicano. Editorial Televisa. pp. 38–39.
  3. ^ The Films of Antonio Aguilar

Bibliography

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  • Alfaro, Eduardo de la Vega. Fernando Méndez, 1908-1966. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1995.
  • Vitali, Valentina. Capital and Popular Cinema: The Dollars are Coming!. Manchester University Press, 2016.
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