

A Mexican melodrama so extra, even your abuela would clutch her pearls.
A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.
Acting
Julissa's devastating descent from innocence to ruin.
Production
Period Mexico City atmosphere dripping with social realism.

Director
Emilio Gómez Muriel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the second of three film adaptations of Federico Gamboa's 1903 novel, which fundamentally shaped Mexico's 'literatura de la ciudad' movement.