A wealthy English lady 'buys' a gypsy boy and accidentally commits baby trafficking. Oops.
An English lady decides to buy a gypsy boy but she is deceived and receives a stolen child with dyed skin. The lady searches his real parents and they get their child back.
Costume
Lola Flores serving LOOKS in her screen debut
Production
Rare pre-war Spanish cinema surviving Franco-era censorship somehow
Director
Fernando Mignoni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lola Flores, Spain's legendary 'La Faraona,' made her film debut here at 16. She became an icon; this film became obscure.
The 'excuse' of the title refers to the lady's justification—reflecting 1930s Spanish cinema's uncomfortable negotiation of class, race, and Romani representation under looming fascism.
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