The Woman Who Had No Childhood

The Woman Who Had No Childhood (Spanish: La mujer que no tuvo infancia) is a 1957 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Libertad Lamarque and Pedro Armendáriz.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Woman Who Had No Childhood
Directed byTito Davison
Written byEdmundo Báez
Tito Davison
Fernando Galiana
José Luis Galiana
Produced byAlberto Hernández Curiel (as A. Hernandez C.)
Jesús Sotomayor Martínez
StarringLibertad Lamarque
Pedro Armendáriz
Elsa Cárdenas
Freddy Fernández
Andrea Palma
CinematographyJosé Ortiz Ramos
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music bySergio Guerrero
Production
company
Producciones Sotomayor
Release date
  • 25 July 1957 (1957-07-25) (Mexico)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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When her husband dies, a woman (Libertad Lamarque) inherits his fortune, but enters a deep emotional crisis that makes her act like a child. Her lawyer (Pedro Armendáriz) will be in charge of protecting her interests against those of her late husband's selfish and fortune-seeking relatives while helping her recover from her condition, since he is secretly in love with her.

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References

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  1. ^ Gallego, Rolando; Dlugi, Catalina (2020). Mujeres, cámara, acción: Empoderamiento y feminismo en el cine argentino (in Spanish). Ediciones Continente. p. 37. ISBN 978-950-754-656-3.
  2. ^ León Frías, Isaac (2019). Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. p. 523. ISBN 978-9972-45-486-8.
  3. ^ Arnaud, Charlotte; Courtemanche, Philippe; Fernandes, Carla; Morsch Kihn, Eva (1999). Cinémas d'Amérique latine: 1999 (in Spanish). Presses Univ. du Mirail. p. 67. ISBN 2-85816-447-9.
  4. ^ Ibarra, Jesús (2006). Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 83. ISBN 970-32-3074-1.
  5. ^ García Riera, Emilio (1969). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1955 (in Spanish). Ediciones Era. p. 273.
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