A priest walks into a brothel... and nobody's getting saved.
Having an example of piety and Christian devotion in their midst may help the girls in this whorehouse reform. Maybe.
Acting
Gloria Marín's madame anchors the ensemble with delicious authority.
Writing
Alcoriza's script bites harder than it has any right to.
Director
Luis Alcoriza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alcoriza co-wrote Buñuel's Él and Los Olvidados; this carries that same gleeful sacrilege toward Mexican institutions.
Isela Vega later became infamous for the unsimulated scene in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia — her brothel-honed fearlessness started here.
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