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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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