Victims of Sin
A treasure of Mexico’s cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninón Sevilla. She brings fierce charisma and fiery strength to her role as a rumbera—a female nightclub dancer—who gives up everything to raise an abandoned boy, whom she must protect from his ruthless gangster father. Directed at a dizzying pace by filmmaking titan Emilio Fernández, and shot in stylish chiaroscuro by renowned cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa amid smoky dance halls and atmospherically seedy underworld haunts, Victims of Sin is a ferociously entertaining female-powered noir pulsing with the intoxicating rhythms of some of Latin America’s most legendary musical stars.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview with filmmaker and archivist Viviana Garcia Besné
- New interview with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on the work of Gabriel Figueroa
- Archival documentary on cine de rumberas, featuring interviews with actor Ninón Sevilla
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Jacqueline Avila
New cover by Lauren Tamaki
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview with filmmaker and archivist Viviana Garcia Besné
- New interview with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on the work of Gabriel Figueroa
- Archival documentary on cine de rumberas, featuring interviews with actor Ninón Sevilla
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Jacqueline Avila
New cover by Lauren Tamaki
Cast
- Ninón Sevilla
- Violeta
- Tito Junco
- Santiago
- Rodolfo Acosta
- Rodolfo
- Rita Montaner
- Rita
- Ismael Pérez
- Juanito
- Margarita Ceballos
- Rosa
- Arturo Soto Rangel
- Prison director
- Francisco Reiguera
- Don Gonzalo
Credits
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
- Script by
- Emilio Fernández
- Script by
- Mauricio Magdaleno
- Produced by
- Guillermo Calderón
- Produced by
- Pedro A. Calderón
- Cinematography by
- Gabriel Figueroa
- Editing by
- Gloria Schoemann
- Production design by
- Manuel Fontanals
- Score and music direction by
- Antonio Díaz Conde
- Musical performances by
- Ninón Sevilla
- Musical performances by
- Rita Montaner
- Musical performances by
- Pedro Vargas
- Musical performances by
- Pérez Prado and His Orchestra
- Choreography by
- Ninón Sevilla
- Choreography by
- Jorge Harrison
- Production manager
- César Pérez Luis
- Production manager
- Enrique Hernández
Trailer for Victims of Sin
