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Historia de una mala mujer (1948)

Historia de una mala mujer poster
Directed by
Luis Saslavsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a scandalous past returns to Buenos Aires and tries to reconnect with the daughter she abandoned years ago. The daughter, now a wealthy married woman, does not know her mother's identity. Their lives collide at a high-society party where secrets and misunderstandings unfold.

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What happens

Story of a Bad Woman (Spanish: Historia de una mala mujer) is a 1948 Argentine drama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring the Mexican superstar Dolores del Río, María Duval, and Alberto Closas. It is based on the 1892 Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan. The film's art direction was by Raúl Soldi. It was made by Argentina Sono Film, one of the country's biggest studios during the era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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