Saturday, June 4, 2011

En Carne Viva (1951)


Directed by Alberto Gout
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, VCI Entertainment)

Mexican soap opera livened up by cabaret songs from Rosa Carmina, especially in the early scenes at the Veracruz cafe. However, as the film goes along the plot gets more and more preposterous. Eventually we reach a point where Rosa is dead (suicide over a cliff), but miraculously comes back to life as her lookalike daughter. But wait! The daughter is in love with a man who turns out to be her step brother. But wait! There is one more ridiculous plot twist as she is about to throw herself off a cliff, again...

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