Her fiancé fell for her mom. Her funeral was the wedding gift.
Young woman's fiance unexpectedly falls in love with her mom, and ends up arranging the young woman's death.
Acting
María Félix devours every scene like it's her last meal.
Direction
Momplet twists domestic spaces into psychological traps.
Director
Antonio Momplet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
María Félix was Mexico's supreme diva; this role weaponized her ice-queen persona that made her untouchable.
Released same year as Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND—two films titled for mental unraveling, worlds apart in sensuality.
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