A Woman Without Love
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Una mujer sin amor A Woman Without Love | |
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Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
Written by | Guy de Maupassant (story) |
Produced by | Sergio Kogan |
Starring | Rosario Granados Tito Junco |
Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Release date | 31 July 1952 |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Una mujer sin amor (English: A Woman Without Love) is a 1952 Mexican[1] film directed by Spanish-born filmmaker Luis Buñuel. It is based on Guy de Maupassant's story "Pierre et Jean."
The film, like much of Buñuel's work, criticizes
Plot
The film opens in Mexico, in the home of an upper-class antiques salesman named Don Carlos Montero and his wife Rosario, whose son, Carlos or Carlitos, is accused of stealing by the principal of his school. Carlitos is scolded harshly by his father when he comes home, and is locked in his room. Carlitos runs away, but is found by an engineer named Julio Mistral who works in the forest. Julio returns the boy to his parents, and Don Carlos is very grateful. Julio becomes great friends with the Montero family, but in private asks Rosario why she really married such a harsh mannered and older man.
One day, Rosario and Carlitos pay a visit to Julio in the forest, while Don Carlos spends the day in town on business. Carlitos enjoys himself immensely, fishing for trout. Rosario and Julio converse privately, and Julio notes how unhappy she is. Rosario reveals that she is unhappy because she married Don Carlos for his money when she was very young. Julio sympathizes her plight as a woman who has never truly loved, and they fall in love with each other.
Rosario and Julio begin an
The film skips about 20 years into the future, where Carlos, and his younger brother, Miguel (not introduced in the first part of the film), have graduated from medical school. One day, news arrives that Julio Mistral has died and decided to
Though it is not explicitly stated in the film, Carlos soon pieces together that Miguel was willed this money because he is the
The film comes to a conclusion as Carlos finally discloses the truth about the inheritance to Miguel, who becomes very angry and fights Carlos. Rosario breaks up the fight, and confirms what Carlos has said. Miguel is distraught, and Rosario unapologetically tells them that Julio was the only man she ever loved. The brothers reconcile their differences at the sight of their emotional mother, wrought with sadness. Carlos leaves for the tropics to do research, and the film ends with Rosario placing a picture of Julio on her mantelpiece.
Cast
- Rosario Granados - Rosario
- Tito Junco - Julio Mistral
- Julio Villarreal - Don Carlos Montero
- Joaquín Cordero - Carlos
- Xavier Loyá - Miguel
- Elda Peralta - Luisa
- Jaime Calpe - Carlitos
- Eva Calvo - Rita, enfermera
References
- ISBN 978-0-7914-8665-8.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (November 11, 1983). "'Una Mujer': Bunuel Called It Right". Los Angeles Times. p. IV-9. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- (in Spanish) Una mujer sin amor at the ITESM
- Una mujer sin amor at IMDb
- Una mujer sin amor (1952), at Filmaffinity.