This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis vehicle A Stolen Life.
Acting
Marga López anchors the storm of confused loyalties.
Cinematography
Gavaldón's lighthouses loom like guilty consciences.
Director
Roberto Gavaldón
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gavaldón remade this same story in 1973 as 'El castillo de la pureza' — apparently twins lying about identity was his whole brand.
This adapts 'A Stolen Life' but swaps Bette Davis's artistic twin for working-class Mexican lighthouse keepers, making class anxiety part of the romantic trap.
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