In the organizer's words:

LLEVAME EN TUS BRAZOS -

TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS

MEX 1954 - 92 min - OmU - digitalDCP - FSK 16 - R: Julio Bracho - B: Julio Bracho, José Carbo - C: Gabriel Figueroa - D: Ninón Sevilla,

Armando Silvestre, Rodolfo Acosta, Andrea Palma, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma and others.

A work of Rumbera cinema that combines melodrama and political analysis

and political analysis: At the center is a woman who, between exploitation

her own path between exploitation and advancement. The film was made in close

Ninón Sevilla, icon of the genre, and director Julio Bracho.

director Julio Bracho. When Bracho came up with his screenplay about

corrupt structures in the Mexican hinterland, Sevilla took on the project.

the Mexican hinterland, Sevilla took the initiative, developed the

project with him and recruited cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa

for the realization.

The expressive presence of the leading actress is combined with

with Figueroa's powerful visual language and a subject matter that

social grievances as well as the personal tragedy of a woman.

of a woman. The result is a striking example of how the

Rumbera cinema in the "Golden Age of Mexican Cinema" combines dance, music and

melodrama with a reflection on power relations and social dependencies.

and social dependencies.

Introduction on 20.1.: Florian Deterding (Filmmuseum)