Bugambilia | |
Director: | Emilio Fernández |
Producer: | Felipe Subervielle |
Starring: | Dolores del Río Pedro Armendáriz Julio Villarreal |
Music: | Raúl Lavista |
Cinematography: | Gabriel Figueroa |
Editing: | Gloria Schoemann |
Distributor: | Films Mundiales |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | Mexico |
Language: | Spanish |
Bugambilia (Bougainvillea) is a 1945 Mexican drama, romance film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz.
In the Mexican city of Guanajuato, in the 1800s, the young and beautiful Amalia de los Robles (Dolores del Río) wakes up the passion of all the men of the region. This provokes the fury of her widowed father, Don Fernando (Julio Villarreal) who sees in her the face of his dead wife. But Amalia falls in love with the smart Ricardo (Pedro Armendáriz). Tragic circumstances, however, prevent them from being united.