Nana is a 1944 Mexican film by Celestino Gorostiza and Roberto Gavaldón. The film is an adaptation of Émile Zola's 1880 novel Nana, and is the last film of the Mexican star Lupe Vélez.

Nana
Directed byRoberto Gavaldón
Celestino Gorostiza
Written byÉmile Zola
Celestino Gorostiza
Produced byAlberto Sanatnder
StarringLupe Vélez
Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Luis Alcoriza
CinematographyAlex Phillips
Edited byCharles L. Kimball
Music byJorge Pérez
Release date
  • June 2, 1944 (1944-06-02)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

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Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

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This was the last movie for Lupe Vélez, who committed suicide later the same year.

There was a second Mexican adaptation of Nana, also called Nana, in 1985, produced by and starring Irma Serrano.

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