La selva de fuego
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Director Fernando de Fuentes Duration Language Spanish | 6.6/10 IMDb Genres Drama, Adventure Film Country Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 27, 1945 Writer Tito Davison (screenplay), Paulino Masip (additional dialogue), Antonio Mediz Bolio (story), Fernando de Fuentes (screenplay) Awards Ariel Award for Best New Actor Cast Dolores del Rio , Arturo de Cordova , Luis Beristain , Miguel Inclan , Gilberto Gonzalez Similar movies Related Fernando de Fuentes movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Selva de Fuego (The Jungle of Fire) is a 1945 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Dolores del Río.
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Plot summary
The movie develops into the Jungle of Chiapas in México. A beautiful woman named Estrella (Dolores del Río) lost in a savage zone of the jungle. She is found by a group of men who are being held into the jungle as social outcasts. Their leader, Luciano (Arturo de Córdova) is a man of integrity, but with an inexplicable hatred toward women. The presence of a sensual woman between several alone men causing a chaos that only Luciano can save.
Curiosities
According to María Félix in her autobiography (Todas mis Guerras México, 1993), cause of this movie, she and Dolores del Río mistook their paths for only time. The film was written by Félix, but the messenger sent by mistake the film for Dolores. María finished filming the movie Vértigo (written by Dolores).
References
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