A snake charmer's assistant (who later becomes a trapeze artist) brings bad luck in the circus to those who fall in love with her. Her decision to become a trapeze artist comes after the accident that the main character has during a presentation.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched circus tents and trapeze silhouttes.
Costume
Peluffo's snake-charmer glamour transforming into aerial art.
Acting
Peluffo's smoldering ambiguity — victim or villain?
Director
Miguel Morayta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 1950s 'cine de rumberas' wave, where nightlife and working-class women dominated screens.
Ana Luisa Peluffo did her own trapeze work after weeks of training — the fear in her eyes is real.
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