La Mujer del Puerto (1991)
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Romantic Drama |
Run Time - 110 min. |
Countries - Mexico |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
Even with careful handling, this sordid story based on a tale by the famed French writer Guy de Maupassant might repel would-be viewers, but add in scatology and high-blown philosophical maunderings by the lead characters, and you have a recipe for a cinematic disaster. In the story, a sailor has grown tired of his oceangoing life, so he leaves his ship on the sly and beds down in a local Mexican whorehouse. He is startled to discover that his own mother is the house's madam, and that his sister is one of the girls. However, after his sister turns a trick or two with him, he begins to fall in love with her.