Salón México (1949)

Directed by

Emilio Fernández

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman works as a prostitute in a dance hall to pay for her younger sister's tuition at a prestigious school. She hides her real job from her sister, leading to a conflict with her violent pimp.

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What happens

Salón México is a 1949 Mexican film noir directed by Emilio Fernández and written jointly by Fernandez and Mauricio Magdaleno. It stars Marga López as a dance hall prostitute struggling to support her younger sister at an exclusive upscale school. It earned Lopez the 1950 Ariel Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for Rodolfo Acosta. The film is cited as a classic example of the Mexican genre of Cabaretera (Dance Hall film) about "a sympathetic character, a good woman forced into a bad life by circumstances beyond her control." It was remade as a 1996 film of the same title starring María Rojo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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