Camelia

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Director: Roberto Gavaldón

Cast: María Félix, Jorge Mistral, Carlos Navarro, Renée Dumas, Ramón Gay, Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr., Florencio Castelló, Fernando Casanova

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.