Bezahlte Nächte (1949)

Bezahlte Nächte: Directed by Emilio Fernández. With Marga López, Miguel Inclán, Rodolfo Acosta, Roberto Cañedo. Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn’t know about her sister’s job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he’s sleeping.

“Salon Mexico, which is a Mexican melodrama is starred by Marga Lopez, who plays Mercedes in this film. Mercedes is a b-girl that dances for money to support her sister in boarding school. As Marga performs astoundingly throughout the film her support with the other actors help her performance even that much more amazing. Miguel Inclan as Lupe Lopez falls in love with Mercedes who he drools over as she walks by him daily as a resident to an apartment where he is the doorman. During the opening scenes Mercedes and Paco are dancing to for money a cash prize and trophy. Mercedes and Paco agree on terms, in which she leaves with the money and Paco with trophy however, the opposite happens when Paco takes the money instead. Later in the night Mercedes goes back to steal the money back from him while he is asleep. When Mercedes escapes and returns to her apartment she leaves behind her wallet, in which Lupe Lopez is to return to her. This movie has a classic romantic love triangle, in which enabled through male macho and trying to understand what it means to be a Mexican woman. At the time of this filmu0026#39;s release it is surrounded by the post-revolutionary Mexico. This film just like the other films like it are embedded into finding gender roles among Mexican people.”