Cinnamon Skin (film) explained

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.

Cast

References

  1. Agrasanchez p.55

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