The return of Luisa to the house where she worked as Marta's maid is the trigger for a long confession, in which truth and lies are inseparable. The film confronts, with moderation and subtlety, the closed and welcoming status of a society lady, with the barbarous and primitive thinking of her ex-maid who has visited her for one night, and shows what seemed like an inconsequential encounter. little by little it becomes a ritual of death.
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Cast
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Irene Martínez Cadena
Luisa
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Kikis Herrera Calles
Marta
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Tonta tonta, pero no tanto
Corazón salvaje
Archibaldo Burns
Michele Clemente Jacques
el malo
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Elena Garro
Magdalena Gallardo
la acuchillada
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José Luis González de León
marido de Marta
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Rafael Alcérreca
Narrator
Michel Clemente Jacques
El malo
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Juan Carvajal
El otro hombre
Cipriano Jiménez
Archibaldo Burns Director · Elena Garro Writer Milosh Trnka Cinematographer
First release November 14, 1967 · Produced in Mexico
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Mexico
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Original language
Spanish
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Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · November 14, 1967
Premiere · Reseña Mundial de los Festivales Cinematográficos (exact date unknown)
Mexico · April 20, 1972
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