Victims of Sin (Victimas del pecado) (1950)
|
Score:
|
write a review
|
|
Released:
|
|
|
Director:
|
|
|
Producer:
|
|
|
Studio:
|
|
|
Cast:
|
Rodolfo Acosta, Tito Junco, Ninón Sevilla, Rita Montaner, Francisco Reiguera, Lupe Carriles, Jorge Treviño, Pedro Vargas, Emilio Fernández
|
|
Genre:
|
|
|
Length:
|
90
minutes
|
write a review |
read reviews
Victims of Sin (Victimas del pecado) (1950)
Synopsis
Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández's unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita (Rita Montaner) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution...until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son. Best known for the award-winning María Calendaria (1944) and The Pearl (1947), Fernández infuses Victims with impassioned songs and performances by Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and a purveyor of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles.
Showtimes
Click on a number to locate your theatre on the
map below
1 VIFF Centre
1181 Seymour St.,
Vancouver,
(604) 683-FILM
Sun 3:00
Thu 4:00