Woman of the Port

La mujer del puerto

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa, Perla's mother, tries to prevent this incestuous relationship at all costs, but fails to do so. Set in a sordid environment, the director makes no concessions in this tragic love affair, which is narrated from three different points of view.

Director

Arturo Ripstein

Screenplay

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Status

Released

Release date

27/03/1996

Original language

Spanish