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The Black Widow is a film of genre Drama directed by Arturo Ripstein with Isela Vega

The Black Widow (1977)

The Black Widow
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Length 1h18
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Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.5634153.5634153.5634153.5634153.563415

La Viuda Negra (The Black Widow) is a 1977 film directed by Arturo Ripstein, produced in Mexico and based on the novel Debiera haber Obispas written by Rafael Solana.

Synopsis

In a small town in Mexico, Matea ( Isela Vega ) is an orphan who assists the priest, Father Feliciano ( Mario Almada ) in his parish. The village doctor tries to seduce her but fails and proceeds to defame her into believing that Matea maintains relations with the priest. The people believe him and demand to cure her; he refuses and locks himself away with Matea. During the lockdown they develop a passionate love, but fate arrives and the priest dies.. Matea becomes a kind of priestess to which known as the "Black Widow".

Actors

Isela Vega

(Matea Gutiérrez)Mario Almada

(Father Feliciano)René Casados
Leonor Llausás
Ana Ofelia Murguia
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