''Nana'' is a 1944 Mexican film by Celestino Gorostiza and

Roberto Gavaldón Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wed ...

. The film is an adaptation of

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

's 1880 novel ''

Nana Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ( ...

'', and is the last film of the Mexican star

Lupe Vélez María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), known professionally as Lupe Vélez, was a Mexican actress, singer and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican ...

Plot

Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.

Cast

as Nana * Miguel Angel Ferríz as Muffat * Chela Castro as Rosa Mignon * Crox Alvarado as Fontan *

Luis Alcoriza Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (September 5, 1918 – December 3, 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and, exiled because of the Spanish Civil War, established himself in Mexico from 1940 ...

as De Fauchery

Production notes

This was the last movie for Lupe Vélez, who committed suicide later in the same year. There was a second Mexican adaptation of ''Nana'', also called ''

'', in 1985, produced by and starring

Irma Serrano Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro (; born 9 December 1933) is a Mexican singer, actress and politician. Famous for her "tantalizing", "untamed spitfire" voice, she is one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido genres; she was ni ...

External links

* 1944 films Mexican black-and-white films 1944 romantic drama films Films based on works by Émile Zola Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón 1940s Spanish-language films Mexican romantic drama films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub