Malvaloca is a 1942 Spanish drama film directed by Luis Marquina and starring Amparo Rivelles, Alfredo Mayo and Manuel Luna. It is an adaptation of the 1912 play of the same title about a fallen woman from Málaga who eventually redeems herself.[1] Following the film's success Rivelles was signed up on a lucrative three-year contract by CIFESA, the biggest studio in Spain.[2]

Malvaloca
Directed byLuis Marquina
Written by
Starring
CinematographyWilly Goldberger
Edited byJuan Pallejá
Music byJosé Ruiz de Azagra
Production
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Distributed byCIFESA
Release date
  • 18 September 1942 (1942-09-18)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Synopsis

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A beautiful and nice young woman from Malaga, whom everyone calls Malvaloca, is forced to have lovers to bring money to her house, when she falls in love with Leonardo, a friend and partner of her last lover. The drama is unleashed because although he also loves her, they must fight against the social rejection that this courtship provokes. Apart from the dramatic action, the work shows the grace and spontaneity of the dialogues typical of the works of the Quinteros brothers.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Peiró p.41
  2. ^ Labanyi & Pavlović p.305
  3. ^ Malvaloca (1942) (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-05-15

Bibliography

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  • Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
  • Peiró, Eva Woods. White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
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