Starting
with the le
ading per
formance
from the fir
st diva in Mex
ican cin
ematograp
hy according
to some (Andr
ea Palma),
without forge
tting D
omingo S
oler wh
o also mak
es a grea
t contribut
ion to t
he cast i
n this film
, then the gre
at strength
of the plot
and the
masterfu
l directi
on by Arcady Bo
ytler. All i
n all this movi
e cannot
be considered l
ess tha
n excelle
nt. So yes
, maybe
some of t
he scenes don&a
mp;#39;t res
ult quite
the way th
ey should
, but most
of them do. Par
ticularly t
he scene from
the carn
ival at the be
ginning o
f the movie and
the las
t scene bring y
ou to t
he verge of
tears. Y
es it also man
y elements o
f a catholic m
oral (Rosari
o lives
in guilt,
her way of p
aying her si
ns is by me
ans of sacrifi
ce), but we h
ave to
consider the
movie was r
eleased in 1934
and the
Mexican so
ciety of the t
ime had tho
se values dict
ating our
lives and
, weather we
take this
into cons
ideration or
not, I think
the th
e plot is re
ally re
ally toug
h and the t
heme very
strong. Mayb
e nowada
ys we have m
any mov
ies with plot
s that are
twice or thri
ce as tough,
but I
think this is
still a
great, great
movie an
d has no s
oap ope
ra can never ev
en remot
ely comp
are with
it. Also,
it is one o
f the f
irst movies
with recor
ded soun
d in the
Mexican f
ilm industry.St
arting with th
e leading
performance fro
m the first di
va in M
exican cinemat
ography acco
rding to som