A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.
Acting
López Lagar commits to every absurd line like Shakespeare wrote it.
Production
Gloriously overbuilt sets begging for a modern drag parody.
Costume
Magdalena's wardrobe deserves its own supporting credit.
Director
Alfredo B. Crevenna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crevenna helped define Mexican melodrama's visual language, later copied by decades of telenovelas.
Lilia del Valle allegedly learned her lines phonetically for this role—can you spot which scenes?
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