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Verbena Tragica (1939)

Verbena Tragica poster
Original title
Verbena trágica
Directed by
Charles Lamont
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a Spanish-speaking community becomes involved in an affair. The consequences lead to a desire for revenge.

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What happens

Verbena Trágica (Tragic Festival, also known as Block Party) is a 1939 film directed by Charles Lamont. The film was made in 1938 in the Spanish language only, unusual for the time but most likely due to the film's themes of adultery and revenge. In 1996, the film was deemed to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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