Top Cast
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Lupe Vélez
Naná
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Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
Muffat
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Chela Castro
Rosa Mignon
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Crox Alvarado
Fontan
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Elena D'Orgaz
Satin
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José Baviera
Van Doeuvres
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Sergio Orta
Impresario
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Isabelita Blanch
Overview
Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
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Eight short stories of seduction and illicit encounters between lovers, filled with humor and eroticism, which use a circular structure located in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a colonial city of Mexico.
Deseo
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Come Sunday
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The Padre
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El Chicano
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Carne
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Babylon
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Martin (Hache)
Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.