Mexico,
1978, 110 min
Directed by:
Arturo RipsteinCinematography:
Miguel GarzónCast:
Roberto Cobo, Hortensia Santoveña, Ana Martín, Fernando Soler, Emma Roldán, Lucha Villa, Cecilia Leger, Inés Murillo, Carmen Salinas, Julián Pastor (more)Plots(1)
Manuela, a transvestite who works in a brothel run by her daughter, learns that Pancho, a truck driver who once violently attacked her, is returning to town. Despite her fear, she decides to confront her passion for him. (Morelia International Film Festival)
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