

A telenovela in corsets: forbidden love, colonial repression, and Taryn Power's tragic face.
Costume
Crushing colonial gowns that literally weigh the women down.
Acting
Taryn Power's eyes do ALL the dialogue the script skips.

Director
Tito Davison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tito Davison was a Mexican director known for lush women's pictures; this was Taryn Power's attempt at serious drama after her parents' Hollywood shadow.
Based on Jorge Isaacs' 1867 novel, Colombia's national literary obsession—think Wuthering Heights but with more mosquitoes and Catholic guilt.