| Cinnamon Skin | |
| Director: | Juan José Ortega |
| Producer: | Ramón Peón Juan José Ortega |
| Music: | Gonzalo Curiel |
| Cinematography: | Manuel Gómez Urquiza |
| Editing: | José W. Bustos |
| Studio: | Compañía Cinematográfica Mexicana |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | Mexico |
Cinnamon Skin (Spanish: Piel canela) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Sara Montiel, Manolo Fábregas and Ramón Gay.[1] It was set and partly filmed in Cuba.
In Havana, gangster moll and singer Marucha, who has had a disfigured face since childhood, is helped by a plastic surgeon who falls madly in love with her. The doctor hopes to reform her and turn her into a good woman by transforming her face through surgeries. However Marucha, with her new beautiful face, has other plans and becomes a night club entertainer and a highly paid prostitute.