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Starring Ninón Sevilla

Starring Ninón Sevilla

4 Episodes

The sultry, vivacious Cuban-born star Ninón Sevilla reigned as queen of the Mexican cine de rumberas, a genre that deliriously fused noir, melodrama, and musical spectacular. Sevilla lit up the screen playing fallen women caught between virtue and vice in films built around the kinetic, high-voltage dance numbers that she famously choreographed herself. This selection of some of her defining showcases—including hothouse masterpieces AVENTURERA and VICTIMS OF SIN—explodes with the fiery passion and intoxicating Afro-Cuban rhythms that made her an enduring icon of Mexican cinema’s golden age.

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Starring Ninón Sevilla

4 Episodes

  • Aventurera
    1:42:45
    Aventurera
    Episode 1

    Aventurera

    Episode 1

    Directed by Alberto Gout • 1950 • Mexico
    Starring Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma

    A darkly glittering feminist revenge tale played at fever-pitch delirium, this oft-cited pinnacle of the popular Mexican cine de rumberas genre—dizzyingly plotted “fallen women” melodramas studded with show...

  • Carita de cielo
    1:11:16
    Carita de cielo
    Episode 2

    Carita de cielo

    Episode 2

    Directed by José Díaz Morales • 1947 • Mexico
    Starring Antonio Badú, María Elena Marqués, Ninón Sevilla

    Laced with sly class commentary and blitzed with elements of noir and musical, this breezy crime comedy follows plucky heiress Lupe (María Elena Marqués) as she goes undercover first as a crim...

  • Take Me in Your Arms
    1:31:30
    Take Me in Your Arms
    Episode 3

    Take Me in Your Arms

    Episode 3

    Directed by Julio Bracho • 1954 • Mexico
    Starring Ninón Sevilla, Andrés Soler, Rodolfo Acosta

    Scorching eroticism, expressionistic lensing by renowned cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, and a ferocious performance by Cuban Mexican superstar Ninón Sevilla supercharge this melodrama, which infuses ...

  • Victims of Sin
    1:24:58
    Victims of Sin
    Episode 4

    Victims of Sin

    Episode 4

    Directed by Emilio Fernández • 1951 • Mexico
    Starring Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta

    A treasure of Mexico’s cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninón Sevi...

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