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Una Mujer en venta (1934)

Una Mujer en venta poster
Original title
Una mujer en venta
Directed by
Chano Urueta
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 1930s Mexico is forced into a difficult situation where she is treated as a commodity. The film follows her struggles within a society that places her worth on a price.

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What happens

Santiago Eduardo "Chano" Urueta Sierra (24 February 1904 – 23 March 1979) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and actor, active in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. He is considered the creator of the luchador film genre, and one of the fathers of Mexican horror cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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