Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.
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Cast
44 people
Lucía Méndez
Claudia Bernal
Known for
El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar
Blacker Than the Night
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Felipe Leyva
Known for
Distilling Love
Amy, la niña de la mochila azul
Nacho Méndez
Fernando Galiana
Arturo Ripstein
Known for
Jugaremos en el bosque
The Queen of Spain
Fabián Arnaud
Cristina Moreno
Jennifer Leyva
Also in
Small Privileges
Chosen Survivors
Tomomi Kamata
Gina Morett
Carmen Ortega
Known for
A Love To Remember
My Uncle
Carlos Castañon
Coyote
Known for
Darkness
Beneath Still Waters
Claudio Martínez
Also in
Chinatown
The Mosquito Coast
Jorge Patiño
Don Tony
Also in
Life Sentence
Call Me Mike
Arturo Ripstein Director · Fabián Arnaud Screenplay Fernando Galiana Writer
United States release February 4, 1980 · Produced in Mexico · Production Televicine S.A. de C.V.
Production
Televicine
Production
Televicine S.A. de C.V.
Production
Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La ilegal
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · February 26, 1979
Theatrical
United States · February 4, 1980
Los Angeles, California
Colombia
August 5, 1981
Slovakia
April 8, 1989 · TV premiere
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