The Woman Who Had No Childhood
Directed byTito Davison
Written byEdmundo Báez
Tito Davison
Fernando Galiana
José Luis Galiana
Produced byAlberto Hernández Curiel (as A. Hernandez C.)
Jesús Sotomayor Martínez
StarringLibertad Lamarque
Pedro Armendáriz
Elsa Cárdenas
Freddy Fernández
Andrea Palma
CinematographyJosé Ortiz Ramos
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music bySergio Guerrero
Production
company
Producciones Sotomayor
Release date
  • 25 July 1957 (1957-07-25) (Mexico)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Woman Who Had No Childhood (Spanish: La mujer que no tuvo infancia) is a 1957 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Libertad Lamarque and Pedro Armendáriz.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

When her husband dies, a woman (Libertad Lamarque) inherits his fortune, but enters a deep emotional crisis that makes her act like a child. Her lawyer (Pedro Armendáriz) will be in charge of protecting her interests against those of her late husband's selfish and fortune-seeking relatives while helping her recover from her condition, since he is secretly in love with her.

Cast

  • Libertad Lamarque as Rosaura
  • Pedro Armendáriz as Lic. Alberto Garza Cifuentes
  • Elsa Cárdenas as Luisa
  • Freddy Fernández as Alberto hijo
  • Andrea Palma as Matilde
  • Anita Blanch as Clotilde
  • José Baviera as Andrés
  • Carlos Martínez Baena as Board Representative
  • Ignacio Peón as Nicolás, butler
  • Nicolás Rodríguez as José de la Vega, adviser
  • Emilio Gaete as Dr. Salazar
  • Armando Arriola as Alejandrito
  • José Pardavé as Ice Cream Seller
  • Rogelio Jiménez Pons as Pepito (as Niño Rogelio Jiménez Pons)
  • Magda Donato as La nena Rendón
  • Sara Cabrera as Eduviges
  • Enrique Díaz Indiano as Doctor
  • Armando Velasco as Dr. Andrade
  • Daniel Arroyo as Daniel Treviño de Velasco (uncredited)
  • León Barroso as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Lonka Becker como Gringa in restaurant (uncredited)
  • Alfonso Carti como Waiter (uncredited)
  • Roy Fletcher como Announcer (uncredited)
  • Pepita González como Matilde's Friend (uncredited)
  • Leonor Gómez como Cook (uncredited)
  • Ana María Hernández como Matilde's Friend (uncredited)
  • Bertha Lehar como Juanita, maid (uncredited)
  • Elvira Lodi como Woman in restaurant (uncredited)
  • Miguel Manzano como Judge (uncredited)
  • Concepción Martínez como Carmencita (uncredited)
  • Álvaro Matute como Man in restaurant (uncredited)
  • Consuelo Monteagudo como Chelito, Matilde's friend (uncredited)
  • Carlos Robles Gil como Council Member (uncredited)
  • Aurora Ruiz como Crescencia, Alberto's maid (uncredited)

References

  1. Gallego, Rolando; Dlugi, Catalina (2020). Mujeres, cámara, acción: Empoderamiento y feminismo en el cine argentino (in Spanish). Ediciones Continente. p. 37. ISBN 978-950-754-656-3.
  2. León Frías, Isaac (2019). Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. p. 523. ISBN 978-9972-45-486-8.
  3. Arnaud, Charlotte; Courtemanche, Philippe; Fernandes, Carla; Morsch Kihn, Eva (1999). Cinémas d'Amérique latine: 1999 (in Spanish). Presses Univ. du Mirail. p. 67. ISBN 2-85816-447-9.
  4. Ibarra, Jesús (2006). Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 83. ISBN 970-32-3074-1.
  5. García Riera, Emilio (1969). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1955 (in Spanish). Ediciones Era. p. 273.
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