The diamond heist goes wrong, but Isabel Sarli's screen presence? Absolutely criminal.
After a series of doublecrosses involving stolen diamonds, a gangster's babe in Argentina flees to Mexico; she's kept by a druggy, decadent painter and then falls in love with his brother.
Acting
Isabel Sarli's volcanic screen presence transcends the material.
Direction
Armando Bó's lurid compositions elevate sleaze to art.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Mexico City locations ooze atmosphere.
Director
Armando Bó
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Sarli-Bö cycle' that defined Argentine exploitation cinema and provoked government censorship battles throughout the 1960s.
Bö and Sarli were real-life partners; he directed her in 27 films, essentially inventing a national genre of erotic melodrama around her body.
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