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Join the Center for Latin America for the Cinema Tucsón film screening of Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin) on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.
Emilio Fernández, Mexico, 1951, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles
Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, "Victims of Sin" is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Cuban-born acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita (Rita Montaner) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son.
The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona is a proud sponsor of Cinema Tucsón. Funding is provided through the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Centers program.