The Kneeling Goddess
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Director Roberto Gavaldon Language Spanish | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Duration Country Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 13 August 1947 Screenplay Jose Revueltas, Roberto Gavaldon, Tito Davison Cast (Raquel Serrano), (Antonio Ituarte), (Elena (as Charito Granados)), (Nacho Gutiérrez), Carlos Martínez Baena (Esteban (as Carlos M. Baena))Similar movies The Great Beauty , Factory Girl , Le Divorce , New York Stories , Goya in Bordeaux , Gradiva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Kneeling Goddess (Spanish:La Diosa Arrodillada) is a 1947 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring María Félix, Arturo de Córdova and Rosario Granados. It was shot at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City, with sets designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.
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Plot
The married business man Antonio (Arturo de Córdova) is carrying on an affair with Raquel (María Félix), who wants him to divorce his wife Elena (Rosario Granados). Instead breaking off the affair with Raquel, he purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a statue - the titular Kneeling Goddess - that unbeknownst to him at that moment used Raquel as the model. Obsessed with Raquel he reinitiates the affair and appears to agree with Raquel to divorce Elena. When Elena dies in mysterious circumstances and Antonio marries Raquel, not everything is as it appears.
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