A snake-charmer swings from the big top into a gangster's web—circus noir at its most unhinged.
A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.
Direction
Morayta's shadow-drenched circus compositions rival American noir.
Acting
Gloria Marín smolders as the snake-woman seeking reinvention.
Director
Miguel Morayta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's rumbera film cycle, where working-class women danced their way through noir-tinged moral tales.
Gloria Marín reportedly insisted on learning basic trapeze work; compare her stunts to obvious doubles in later scenes.
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