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The Two Orphans (1944)

The Two Orphans poster
Original title
Las dos huérfanas
Directed by
José Benavides hijo
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A historical drama set in the 18th century. Two sisters are separated by poverty and illness. Their struggles and survival are the focus of the story.

melodramatichistoricalemotionally intenseslow-pacedsorrowfulromanticclassicfamily-oriented

What happens

The Two Orphans (Spanish:Las dos huérfanas) is a 1944 Mexican historical drama film directed by José Benavides hijo and starring Susana Guízar, Julián Soler and María Elena Marqués. It is an adaptation of the play The Two Orphans by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of a large number of film versions that have been made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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