''Señora Ama'' ( en, The Lady of the House) is a 1955 Spanish-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

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- ...

. It was filmed in 1955 and released in 1957. It starred

Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

based in the same name play by

Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922 "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious ...

Plot

The story is about the marriage between Feliciano (Jose Suarez) and Dominica (Dolores del Rio), owners of a ranch. They have years of marriage, and Dominica has not been able to conceive any children. Feliciano has a reputation as a womanizer and he fathered many illegitimate children. It is implied that his infidelity due to the inability of his wife to give him a son. Dominica defends her husband in public, but reproaches him in private. But she never deviates from her commitment to love him until death. In the house also lives Maria Juana (María Luz Galicia), younger sister of Dominica. A very strong sexual tension occurs between her and Feliciano. The film presents a clear contrast between Dominica, a woman of spirit, and Maria Juana, a woman of flesh. It is decided by her family that María Juana must marry the brother of Feliciano, José. María Juana is not in love with José and reluctantly agrees. It is therefore not a love triangle but a rectangle consisting of Feliciano, Dominica, María Juana and José.

Cast

- as Dominica * José Suárez - as Feliciano *

María Luz Galicia María Luz Galicia (born 1940) is a former Spanish film actress.Pitts p.307 Selected filmography * ''Cabaret'' (1953) * '' Good News'' (1954) * '' Señora Ama'' (1955) * '' El malvado Carabel'' (1956) * ''Zorro the Avenger'' (1962) * ''Shades of ...

- as María Juana * Manuel Monroy - as José

Comments

It suggested a comparison between the film and another taken from the work of Jacinto Benavente, '' The Unloved Woman''. This is not bad but lacks the ferocity, simplicity and perversity of the feelings of the other. The oppressive claustrophobia of the ranch house of ''The Unloved Woman'' is missing. The script does not extract everything possible from the situation. Luis Gasca wrote in 1976: ''"This film is little more than a text illustration"''.''Señora ama''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Señora Ama 1955 films 1950s Spanish-language films 1955 drama films Mexican black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films Films directed by Julio Bracho 1957 drama films 1957 films Mexican drama films Spanish drama films 1950s Mexican films