

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa, Perla's mother, tries to prevent this incestuous relationship at all costs, but fails to do so. Set in a sordid environment, the director makes no concessions in this tragic love affair, which is narrated from three different points of view.
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
User score
14 votes
Released
March 27, 1996
1h 50m
Spanish

Damián Alcázar
Marro

Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Tomasa

Alejandro Parodi
Carmelo
Juan Pastor
Simon

Evangelina Sosa
Perla

Ernesto Yáñez
Eneas
Fernando Palavicini

Alonso Echánove
Rufino
Fredy Camacho
Nicolas
Mario Castillón Bracho
Albino

Jorge Fegán
Policia
Cheli Godínez
Marrana
Osami Kawano
Chino
Paco Mauri
Cura
Alejandra Montoya
Lola