Victims of Sin 4K

Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin (Víctimas del Pecado) is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández's unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita (Rita Montaner) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution—until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son. Best known for the award-winning María Calendaria (1944) & The Pearl (1947), Fernández infuses Victims with impassioned songs & performances by Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and purveyor of African, Caribbean, Cuban dance.