Mujer del puerto, La (1934)

Directors:

Arcady Boytler
Raphael J. Sevilla

Writers:

Antonio Guzmán Aguilera (dialogue)
Antonio Guzmán Aguilera (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 August 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Rosario (Palma) becomes a prostitute after losing her father and discovering her boyfriend had a liaison with another woman...

Plot Keywords:

Father Daughter Relationship | Fall Down Stairs | Cheating | Alcohol | Coffin

Cast

Andrea Palma	...	Rosario
Domingo Soler	...	Alberto Venegas
Joaquín Busquets	...	Drunk sailor
Consuelo Segarra	...	Doña Lupe
Luisa Obregón	...	Neighbor woman
Elisa Soler	...	Neighbor woman
Arturo Manrique	...	Argentinian sailor
Jorge Treviño	...	American sailor
Francisco Zárraga	...	Rosario's boyfriend
Fabio Acevedo	...	Don Antonio
Antonio Polo	...	Don Basilio
Ángel T. Sala	...	Man at the cabaret
Conchita Gentil Arcos	...	Neighbor woman
Julieta Palavicini	...	Woman with Rosario's boyfriend
Lina Boytler	...	Woman singing in the night

Also Known As:

The Woman of the Port (USA)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Eurindia Films

Movie Connections:

Remade as Mujer del puerto, La (1991)

Great plot, great acting, and a great movie.

Starting with the leading performance from the first diva in Mexican cinematography according to some (Andrea Palma), without forgetting Domingo Soler who also makes a great contribution to the cast in this film, then the great strength of the plot and the masterful direction by Arcady Boytler. All in all this movie cannot be considered less than excellent. So yes, maybe some of the scenes don't result quite the way they should, but most of them do. Particularly the scene from the carnival at the beginning of the movie and the last scene bring you to the verge of tears. Yes it also many elements of a catholic moral (Rosario lives in guilt, her way of paying her sins is by means of sacrifice), but we have to consider the movie was released in 1934 and the Mexican society of the time had those values dictating our lives and, weather we take this into consideration or not, I think the the plot is really really tough and the theme very strong. Maybe nowadays we have many movies with plots that are twice or thrice as tough, but I think this is still a great, great movie and has no soap opera can never even remotely compare with it. Also, it is one of the first movies with recorded sound in the Mexican film industry.