Pasiones infernales (lit. Infernal Passions), also known as La hija del Sol (lit. The Daughter of the Sun)[1] is a 1969 Puerto Rican-Mexican film directed by Juan Orol. It stars Velda Gonzalez, Hector Suarez, Esther Sandoval, Jaime Ruiz Escobar and Luis Antonio Cosme, among others.

Pasiones infernales
Directed byJuan Orol
StarringVelda Gonzalez
Hector Suarez
Esther Sandoval
Jaime Ruiz Escobar
Luis Antonio Cosme

It is not to be confused with Pasiones tormentosas (1946) by the same director.[2]

Pasiones infernales is Orol's penultimate film success.[3] The film contains elements of melodrama.[4]

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The movie deals with racism in the Latino community.[1] It concentrates on racial differences between groups of whites and Blacks-Mestizo in a Spanish-speaking island.

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  1. ^ a b Plazaola, Luis Trelles (2000). Ante el lente extranjero: Puerto Rico visto por cineastas de afuera (in Spanish). La Editorial, UPR. ISBN 978-0-8477-0398-2.
  2. ^ Segovia, Paula (2012-12-05). "La vida es peor que una película de Juan Orol - Críticas | Sinopsis | Comentarios". El Espectador Imaginario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. ^ García, Joaquín 'Kino' (2014). Historia del Cine Puertorrique¤o (in Spanish). Palibrio. ISBN 978-1-4633-8732-7.
  4. ^ Riera, Emilio García (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1966-1967 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. ISBN 978-968-895-343-3.
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