Santa (1943)
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.
- Date of release
- 1943-06-10
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Norman Foster
Casting
- Esther Fernández — Santa
- José Cibrián — Hipólito
- Ricardo Montalban — Jarameño
- Estela Inda — Raquel
- Víctor Manuel Mendoza — Marcelino
- Emma Roldán — Pepa
- Manuel Arvide — Rubio
- Fanny Schiller — Elvira Gómez
- Elías Haber — Jenarillo
- Florencio Castelló — Vallejo
- Carolina Barret — Flora
- Jesús Valero — Bruno
Interesting facts
Santa is a 1943 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Norman Foster and Alfredo Gómez de la Vega. This Spanish-language film stars Esther Fernández, José Cibrián, and Ricardo Montalbán. It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gunther Gerszo and Carlos Toussaint.
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