A cop goes undercover at a girls' school and catches feelings. And maybe a killer.
Juan Carlos Thorry is a police inspector who must solve the mystery of the death of the warden of a boarding school for young women, for which he goes undercover as a music teacher. The main suspect is the mischievous schoolgirl María Duval. A series of entanglements leads the protagonists to becoming romantically involved and to finding the culprit.
Acting
Thorry's ridiculous undercover panic versus Duval's knowing smirk.
Direction
Schlieper keeps three tones dancing without dropping any.
Costume
Schoolgirl innocence weaponized through 1940s tailoring.
Director
Carlos Schlieper
María Duval
Olga Arévalo
Juan Carlos Thorry
Inspector Mario Robledo
Milagros de la Vega
Directora
Homero Cárpena
Morales
María Santos
Vicedirectora
Alberto Contreras
Gerardo
Bertha Moss
Celadora Graciela
Enrique García Satur
Sr. Arévalo
Max Citelli
Damián
Cayetano Biondo
Médico
Jorge Villoldo
Comisario Quintana
María Aurelia Bisutti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Argentina's 1940s 'cine de evasión' boom—escapist entertainment that flourished under Perón's nationalist cultural policies.
Thorry and Duval were a real-life couple, which explains the crackling chemistry that nearly derails the whole murder plot.
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