Characters & Themes
Santa (1943) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1943 · 111 mins · Spanish
- Directed by
- Norman Foster, Alfredo Gómez de la Vega
- Starring
- Ricardo Montalban, Lupe del Castillo, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Tito Novaro, Emma Roldán, Fanny Schiller
Santa, a beautiful humble young woman from Chimalistac, a suburb of 1930s Mexico City, is deceived by the arrogant soldier Marcelino, causing her family and friends to reject her and forcing her exile. She takes refuge in a brothel, grows cynical and bitter, suffers abuse from the bullfighter Jarameno, and is loved by the blind pianist Hipólito.
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