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Amor prohibido (1958)

Also known as Forbidden Love

1958 · Feature film · 94 min · dir. Luis César Amadori, Ernesto Arancibia

  • Drama
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Synopsis

The story is based on Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina", but set at the time --1958-- when the film was shot, with contemporary clothing.First of all, I must say that Zully Moreno, the protagonist, was photographed with the utmost care, long shots or close ups, in such a way that she looks absolutely gorgeous, as a sort of Norwegian ice-blond amazon beauty with an incredible figure highlighted by a very impressive wardrobe created for her by Horace Lannes, then one of the best Haute Couture masters for the Argentinian cinema.The movie, about 50 years old now, brings to us in full force the overwhelming moral straight jacket women lived asphyxiated with at the time. If we see it with our present mores it's quite hard to take its thematic without being absolutely shocked. How pitiless was society to a "fallen woman"?! Can you imagine nowadays talking about "fallen women"?! And when we consider that now in Argentina gay marriage and adoption are legal this movie is totally anachronistic.But forget about the differences between then and now, the movie is quite good and extremely enjoyable, very well acted (except for the little boy, one of the most repulsive little boys in the history of the movies, Argentinian or from another galaxy, terrible actor too). Santiago Gomez Cou (her husband in the film) very good, cool as a cucumber and the usual cynic character in the Argentinian cinema then. Jorge Mistral, the Spanish actor, as the leading man, quite correct, and in general all the…

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Director
Luis César Amadori, Ernesto Arancibia
Writer
Ulyses Petit de Murat
Cinematography
Antonio Merayo
Studio
Argentina Sono Film
Released
1958-01-16
Original title
Amor prohibido
Running time
94 minutes
Language
Spanish
Collection
Feature Films

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