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Also known as With Broken Wings, this Argentine comedy-drama was adapted from the 1918 stage hit by Emilio Berisso. Heroine Nelly (Mecha Ortiz) falls in love with Linares (Arturo Garcia Buhr), but when her sweetheart is compelled to leave the country, she settles for lawyer Valmar (Miguel Faust Rocha) as her husband. After many years, Linares returns, insisting that Nelly resume their relationship. She refuses, whereupon Linares spills the beans about their romance to Valmar, who files for divorce and gains custody of the couple's daughter. Nelly's misery is contrasted with the relative happiness of her sister Fanny (Malisa Zini), who has the foresight to love both wisely and well.