Silvia Pinal, the last diva of Mexican cinema, will return to the cinema at the age of 91 with the short film “El scandaloso enchantment de los egos rotos”, which will be a tribute to the cinema of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
The actress had a career spanning over 70 years in the world of entertainment. His first film was “Bamba”, where he starred alongside Carmen Montejo and was directed by Miguel Contreras.
Later, he worked with great figures of Mexican cinema such as Pedro Infante and Tin Tan, in addition to famous weddings with celebrities.
Here are some of the best movies Silvia Pinal starred in that marked her career as one of the most famous and memorable actresses in the Mexican film industry.
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“A Stranger on the Stairs”
This 1955 film by director Tulio Demicheli is a crime drama filmed in Cuba. It was a box office success that established Silvia Pinal as one of the most famous actresses of the time.
The film is about Alberto Núñez (Arturo De Cordova), an employee living in Havana who plans to kill his boss, for which he enlists the help of the new secretary, Laura (Silvia Pinal).
“The Sweet Enemy”
In 1957, director Tito Davison was commissioned to bring to the screen this story about the deeds of the “femme fatale” Lucrecia (Silvia Pinal), told in the form of memories by the ghosts of her deceased husbands.
The film also starred Joaquin Cordero and Carlos Riquelme, but Silvia Pinal’s outstanding performance earned her the Ariel Award for Best Actress.
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“Viridiana”
In 1961, one of Silvia Pinal’s most famous films was released. It is “Viridiana”, directed by Luis Buñel and based on the novel “Halma” by the author Benito Pérez Galdós.
The story centers on Viridiana (Pinal), a nun about to take her vows who visits her widowed uncle, but when she sees that this is the image of his late wife, he tries to seduce her.
A tragedy occurs and the young woman feels guilty for what happened, so she gives up her habits of taking care of the beggars who live near her uncle’s farm.
The tape was censored in Spain because it satirized Christian idealism. However, it was recognized in other countries and won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961.
“The King of the Neighborhood”
In this film, Silvia Pinal shares a photo with Germán Valdez, better known as Tin Tan. The pair of actors also appeared in “The mark of the Skunk” and “Me you bring a wing”.
The story of “El rey del barrio” is about a railwayman who is secretly a skilled conman, but one day he meets the millionaire Carmelita (Silvia Pinal), who falls in love with him and intends to make him her wife.
“The Exterminating Angel”
Again directed by Luis Buñuel, this 1962 film stars Silvia Pinal as Leticia La Valkyrie. The plot puts several characters locked up in the Nobile mansion and how their treatment changes as the days pass.
The film was awarded the Fipresci International Critics Award and the Film Writers’ Society Award at Cannes. The cast of the film is completed by Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook, Ofelia Guilmáin and Tito Junco.
‘The Innocents’
The 1956 comedy by director Rogelio A. González stars Silvia Pinal as Mané, a young woman who fights with her boyfriend on New Year’s Eve and decides to travel from Mexico City to Cuernavaca, but on the way her car breaks down .
There she meets the mechanic Krusi (Pedro Infante), who checks the car and offers to take her on his motorcycle. A night of drinking leads to them sleeping together and when Manet’s parents discover them, they are forced to marry.
Source: univision
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