''Ambiciosa'' (English: ''Ambitious'') is a Mexican
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by Ernesto Cortazar. It was released in 1953 starring
Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
and
Fernando Fernández.
Plot
Estela Durán (
Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
) is a young
Cuba
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n woman of humble origin, who lives with her nanny Mama Irene (Fedora Capdevila). Estela despises poverty. One day she meets a talent scout for a film production company in Mexico. The two strike up an affair, causing the separation of the talent scouts with his wife. Estela has no interest in formalizing with him, but only for an opportunity in film. Arriving in Mexico is related to Oscar (
Crox Alvarado
Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Alvarado had ...
), one of the partners of the producer who would meet her whims to get into trouble because of the debutante. Estela is able to snatch the characters to other actresses provided to meet her target. On the set of a movie, Estela knows Manuel (
Fernando Fernández), who works in the camcorder stagehand and sustains a romance, until she meets Jose Antonio (Alberto González Rubio), a millionaire who she falls in love. She tries not to hurt him away and hurt, leading to this tragedy.
Cast
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Meche Barba
Meche Barba (born Mercedes Barba Feito; September 24, 1922 – January 14, 2000) was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumbera ...
... Estela Durán
*
Fernando Fernández ... Manuel Campos
*
Crox Alvarado
Cruz Pío Socorro Alvarado Bolado (3 May 1910 – 30 January 1984), known professionally as Crox Alvarado, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over 90 films. He was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Alvarado had ...
... Oscar Ramírez
* Dagoberto Rodríguez ... Federico
* Alberto González Rubio ... José Antonio
* Gloria Morell ... Cristina
* Fedora Capdevila ... Mamá Irene
Reviews
In ''Ambiciosa'', Meche Barba is a young woman that climbs the ladder of the film industry through false and empty relationships. Somehow, portraying a sordid secret item and recognized in the film room. It is a curious and interesting film, made at the end of a filmography that Barba unexpectedly cut the following year.
Meche Barba is amazing as a great villain in her performance, but who steals camera is the singer and actor Fernando Fernandez, who in the sequence where calls Barba for abandoning him, it does dramatically.
''Ambiciosa''
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References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0243757, Ambiciosa
1953 films
Mexican black-and-white films
Rumberas films
1950s Spanish-language films
Mexican drama films
1953 drama films
1950s Mexican films