''Forgotten Faces'' ( es, Rostros olvidados) is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by

Julio Bracho Julio Bracho Gavilán (17 July 1909 – 26 April 1978) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Bracho was born as ninth of eleven children of Julio Bracho y Zuloaga and his wife Luz Pérez Gavilán. His sister Guadalupe Bracho Pérez- ...

and starring

Libertad Lamarque Libertad Lamarque Bouza (; 24 November 1908 – 12 December 2000) was a Mexican-Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as " ...

Julián Soler Julián Soler (born Julián Díaz Pavia; 17 February 1907 – 5 May 1977) was a Mexican film director, actor, and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning half a century, Soler received two Ariel Award nominations ...

, Alicia Caro and

Ramón Gay Ramón Gay (born Ramón García Gay; November 28, 1917 – May 28, 1960) was a Mexican film actor. He was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known to horror film fans for his role in ''The Aztec Mummy'' trilogy of films in the ...

Plot

Rosario Velázquez (Libertad Lamarque) is a singer who has an affair with Roberto Casahonda (Julián Soler), a married man, with whom she has a daughter. After accidentally leaving her daughter behind on a train, Rosario believes the girl dead when the train crashes, making Rosario lose her sanity and leading to her being committed to a psychiatric institution. Upon leaving the institution, Rosario is reunited with the now-widowed Roberto, who reveals the truth to her: Their daughter is alive, and Roberto raised her alongside the two daughters of his marriage. Rosario tries to discover which of the three is his daughter by becoming close to them; although Rosario manages to befriend two of them easily, Martha (Martha Roth) is reluctant towards her. Rosario becomes especially determined to gain Martha’s respect after seeing history repeat itself when she discovers that Martha is about to have an affair with a married man, Manuel Lezcano (Ramón Gay). Rosario intervenes and pretends to be Manuel’s mistress when Roberto comes looking for his daughter at Manuel’s office. Roberto leaves heartbroken. Later Martha breaks up the relationship with Manuel and thanks Rosario for taking the blame. The three girls go boating out at sea and their boat capsizes resulting in Martha’s death. Roberto confesses that Martha had explained everything having to do with Manuel and Rosario. Roberto further confesses to Rosario that Martha was not actually her daughter.

Cast

as Rosario Velázquez *

as Roberto Casahonda * Alicia Caro as Claudia *

as Manuel Lezcano *

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as Julieta (as Anabelle) *

Pedro Vargas Pedro Vargas Mata (San Miguel de Allende, 29 April 1906 – Mexico City, 30 October 1989) was a Mexican tenor and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema, participating in more than 70 films. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Ameri ...

as Singer *

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as Telegraphist *

Martha Roth Martha Roth (29 May 1932 – 7 October 2016) was an Italian-born Mexican film actress. She became a star during the Golden age of Mexican cinema. Early life Roth was born as Martha Roth Pizzo in Padua, Italy. When Roth was a child, her famil ...

as Marta

Production

The film's executive producer, Alfonso Patiño Gómez, stated that he viewed the combination of director

and leading actress

as "strange", describing them as "very heterogeneous elements", since "he is not the characteristic type to direct melodramas and she is the best interpreter of this type".

Reception

Jesús Ibarra in ''Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano'' said regarding contemporary reception of the film that "the criticism was very benevolent", and that it "meant a new box office success" for director Julio Bracho. However, a retrospective review by Carlos Fuentes in ''Pantallas de plata'' described it as an "unclassifiable melodrama," "with Libertad Lamarque in her umpteenth interpretation of the ''mater dolorosa''."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0248378 1952 drama films 1952 films Mexican drama films Films directed by Julio Bracho Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films Films scored by Raúl Lavista