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You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife (1949)

You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife poster
Original title
No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
Directed by
Ismael Rodríguez
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy patriarch becomes jealous of his own son's relationship with his wife leading to conflict. The film is a family drama set in post-war Mexico.

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What happens

You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife (Spanish: No desearás la mujer de tu hijo) is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Fernando Soler, Pedro Infante and Carmen Molina. It is the sequel to the 1949 film The Black Sheep. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Fernando Soler won the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his performance while Andrés Soler was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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