If You Came Back to Me

If You Came Back to Me
Directed byAlfredo B. Crevenna
Screenplay byJulio Alejandro de Castro
Story byHenry Bordeaux
Produced byGregorio Walerstein
StarringLibertad Lamarque
Silvia Pinal
Miguel Torruco
Maricruz Olivier
CinematographyAgustín Martínez Solares
Edited byRafael Ceballos
Music byManuel Esperón
Production
company
Filmex
Release date
  • 1 October 1954 (1954-10-01) (Mexico)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

If You Came Back to Me (Spanish: Si volvieras a mí) is a 1954 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Libertad Lamarque, Silvia Pinal, Miguel Torruco and Maricruz Olivier.[1][2][3] It was shot at the San Ángel Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández.

Plot

Alejandra (Libertad Lamarque) is married to doctor Pedro (Miguel Torruco) and they have a daughter, Eva (Maricruz Olivier). When Eva is a young woman, she travels with her mother to the capital to meet Pedro, where they discover that he has set up a luxury hospital alongside a partner, Lidia (Silvia Pinal). Alejandra realizes that Lidia has stolen her husband's love and is doing the same with her daughter, whom she uses to try to kill her own mother without knowing she is poisoning her with medication.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Gallego, Rolando; Dlugi, Catalina (2020). Mujeres, cámara, acción: Empoderamiento y feminismo en el cine argentino (in Spanish). Ediciones Continente. p. 37. ISBN 978-950-754-656-3.
  2. ^ León Frías, Isaac (2019). Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. p. 523. ISBN 978-9972-45-486-8.
  3. ^ Arnaud, Charlotte; Courtemanche, Philippe; Fernandes, Carla; Morsch Kihn, Eva (1999). Cinémas d'Amérique latine: 1999 (in Spanish). Presses Univ. du Mirail. p. 67. ISBN 2-85816-447-9.