When was the last time you stopped a film less than five minutes in, just to make sure you just saw what you just saw? That's what happened to me tonight, screening Aventurera, a 1950 noir-musical gem from Mexico.Actually, truth told, the plot lurches forward several more times before the nine-minute mark--by then, you realize that what you are confronted with is the template for everything from telenovelas to Desperate Housewives and pretty much everything inbetween. Imagine The Bad & The Beautiful with a half-dozen cabaret numbers, and you're close.
Running a search for stills to post on this post, I came across a festival happening next month in Austin: the 13th Cine Las Americas (21-29 April 2010). Looks like a great fest--I guess us folks stuck in Massachusetts will have to content ourselves with some of the other free classic titles the fest has screened in years past under the title Sin, Scandal & Song: Victimas del Picado (Victims of Sin, 1951) and La Mujer del Puerto (Woman of the Port, 1934).
Here's a teaser for Aventurera--the film is worth seeking out!
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