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Victims of Sin

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Victims of Sin

Released Oct 6, 2023

1h 30m

Musical

Drama

Crime

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A dancer saves an infant from a trash can and decides to raise the child herself.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

As one of the quintessential cabaretera films from the golden age of Mexican cinema, Victims of Sin moves at the quickening pace of the Afro-Cuban rumba dances we witness throughout.

Jul 5, 2024

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J. Hoberman

Artforum

A tumultuous product of Mexican cinema's Golden Age, the movie is a perfect storm, the confluence of three huge talents.

Jan 27, 2024

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Goes full throttle with an engrossing redemption melodrama about a nightclub dancer who raises an abandoned baby.

Oct 5, 2023

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Victims of Sin is a moody, gritty and poetic musical melodrama full of violence, eroticism and a potboiler plot featuring prostitutes, pimps and gangsters — but it still gives its heroine a way to face the future.

Jan 21, 2025

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Pat Padua

Washington City Paper

How can a movie be both so brutal and so musical?

Oct 14, 2024

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Michael Barrett

PopMatters

In Emilio Fernández’s Victims of Sin, a galaxy of important Mexican film and music artists collaborate on a tale of mambo music, martyred mothers, and melodrama.

Jul 24, 2024

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The real star is the cinematography. Exquisite and evocative. Sevilla is a marvel to behold, and the camera and light/shadows are used to magnificent effect in one-shots and crowd scenes, especially in the cantina, The Changoo. But Fernandez takes 40 minutes to get to the point, muddies around for 30 minutes, and then wraps the whole story in 3 minutes flat. For sheer artistry it falls far short of masters like Bracho and Bunuel. I’d watch Caudillo or Young and The Damned for true storytelling in this era.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/30/23

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Emilio Fernández

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Tito Junco

Santiago

Ninón Sevilla

Violeta

Rodolfo Acosta

Rodolfo

Rita Montaner

Rita

Francisco Reiguera

Don Gonzalo

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Synopsis

A dancer saves an infant from a trash can and decides to raise the child herself.

Director: Emilio Fernández
Distributor: Janus Films
Production Co: Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
Genre: Musical, Drama, Crime
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 30m

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