''Enamorada'' ("Enamoured") is a 1946 Mexican

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directed by Emilio Fernández and starring

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

and

Pedro Armendáriz Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...

. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in

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and on location in Puebla. The sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals The film was remade in 1950 as '' The Torch'' with Armendáriz repeating his role alongside

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who was credited as an associate producer on the film.

Plot

The revolutionary José Juan Reyes (

) takes the town of Cholula, Puebla and demands contributions from its wealthiest citizens for the Mexican Revolution. However, his plans are disrupted when he falls in love with the Señorita Beatriz Peñafiel (

), the tempestuous daughter of the town's richest man.

Notes

The film was entered into the

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. The film was inspired by

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's ''

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''. The final scene was inspired by the final scene in Josef von Sternberg's ''

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''. This was the first María Félix and Emilio Fernández film collaboration. The others were '' Rio Escondido'', '' Maclovia'', '' Reportaje'' and ''El Rapto''.

Restoration

A restoration of the film by the

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and the

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was screened at the 71st edition of the

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under the Cannes Classics section in May 2018.

Main cast

as Beatriz Peñafiel *

as Gen. José Juan Reyes * Fernando Fernández as Padre Rafael Sierra * José Morcillo as Carlos Peñafiel *

Eduardo Arozamena Eduardo Arozamena Lira (13 October 1875 – 21 May 1951) was a Mexican actor. His nickname was "El Nanche Arozamena". Son of Juan Arozamena and Guadalupe Lira y Argomanes. Initially a singer (baritone), theater actor, he later ventured into fil ...

as Alcalde Joaquín Gómez *

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as Capt. Bocanegra *

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as Fidel Bernal * Eugenio Rossi as Eduardo Roberts * Norma Hill as Rosa de Bernal * Juan García as Capt. Quiñones *

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as Maestro Apolonio Sánchez * Pascual García Peña as Merolico

References

External links

* * * 1946 films 1946 romantic drama films Films directed by Emilio Fernández Mexican black-and-white films Mexican Revolution films 1940s Spanish-language films Estudios Churubusco films Mexican romantic drama films 1940s Mexican films {{romantic-drama-film-stub