''Amor perdido'' (''Lost Love'') is a 1951 Mexican

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directed by Miguel Morayta and starring

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and

Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominatio ...

. The plot is inspired by the famous

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of the same name by Pedro Flores.

Plot

A young rumba dancer named Amalia (

), is supported by her friend, a young composer named Ernesto (Tito Novaro) to become a cabaret dancer. She meets and falls in love with the gangster Luis (

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). She has an accident on her face caused by the jealous lover of Luis, Celia (Yadira Jiménez), and has to wear a maskso she decides to leave without telling anyone. The gangster discovers her dancing in a cabaret and decides to kill her, not knowing the reason for her disappearance.

Cast

... ''Amalia'' *

... ''Luis'' * Tito Novaro ... ''Ernesto'' * Yadira Jiménez ... ''Celia'' *

María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican actress, singer, and comedian. She is best known for starring in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom ''La criada bien criada'' and ...

* María Luisa Landín

References

External links

* 1951 films Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1951 drama films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub