The Violet Seller (1958)

Original title

La violetera

Directed by

Luis César Amadori

Genre

musical film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

14

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor street seller of violets named Soledad meets a man she falls in love with. After they separate she becomes a famous singer who performs the song La Violetera.

romanticbittersweetmelodicglamorousnostalgicdramaticsentimental

What happens

The Violet Seller, better known under its Spanish title La Violetera, is a 1958 Spanish–Italian historical jukebox musical film produced by Benito Perojo, directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal. The film was inspired by the song "La Violetera" composed by José Padilla in 1914, with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos, that is incarnated in the film by Montiel as Soledad, a street violets seller who, after meeting and breaking with Fernando, the love of her life, becomes a famous singer who sings the song in her concerts. The Violet Seller received excellent reviews upon its release on 6 April 1958, although some reviewers found the plot too trite and conventional. Montiel's performance was widely praised while the production and the remaining main cast received generally positive reviews. It was immensely popular in Spain and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point. The film's soundtrack album garnered also excellent reviews, had a wide international release and received a Golden Disk award for the number of records sold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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