Cinnamon Skin (film)

Cinnamon Skin
Directed byJuan José Ortega
Written by
Produced byRamón Peón
Juan José Ortega
Starring
CinematographyManuel Gómez Urquiza
Edited byJosé W. Bustos
Music byGonzalo Curiel
Production
company
Compañía Cinematográfica Mexicana
Release date
  • 6 August 1953 (1953-08-06)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cinnamon Skin (Spanish: Piel canela) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Sara Montiel, Manolo Fábregas and Ramón Gay.[1] It was set and partly filmed in Cuba.

In Havana, gangster moll and singer Marucha, who has had a disfigured face since childhood, is helped by a plastic surgeon who falls madly in love with her. The doctor hopes to reform her and turn her into a good woman by transforming her face through surgeries. However Marucha, with her new beautiful face, has other plans and becomes a night club entertainer and a highly paid prostitute.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Agrasanchez p.55
  2. ^ Piel canela (1953) - Plot - IMDb, retrieved 2024-01-04

Bibliography

  • Rogelio Agrasánchez. Cine Mexicano: Posters from the Golden Age, 1936-1956. Chronicle Books, 2001.


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