Enamorada

Alternative title: Woman in Love
Synopsis: Feature film loosely based on The Taming of the Shrew and Count Lucanor by Juan Manuel. Set during the Revolution of Juarez, the film opens in the town of Cholula, which has been seized by rebel forces. The revolutionary general, Jose Juan Reyes, falls in love with Beatriz, the beautiful and headstrong daughter of Cholula’s most powerful landowner. Beatriz is engaged to an American, Roberts, and scoffs Reyes advances. But when he leads the troops out of town, Beatriz voluntarily follows him leaving Robert at the altar.
Language: Spanish (Mexico)
Country: Mexico
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1946
Duration: 99 mins

Director

Emilio Fernandez

Producer

Benito Alazraki Franco

Cinematographer

Gabriel Figueroa

Screenplay

Inigo de Martino

Music

Eduardo Hernandez Moncada

Cast

Felix. Maria	Beatriz (Katherina)
Pedro Armendariz	Gen. Jose Juan Reyes (Petruchio)
Eugenio Rossi	Eduardo Roberts

General: The American/Mexican co-production DEL ODIO NACIO EL AMOR/ THE TORCH (1949), directed again by Fernandez, with Gilbert Roland and Paulette Goddard was a virtual re-make.
History: ENAMORADA was shown in the ‘Treasures from the Archives’ section in the 2007 London Film Festival.
Awards: Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y Artes Cinematograficas, Mexico, 1947: Best Film, Best Actress (Maria Felix), Best Cinematography (Fingueroa).

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