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Bougainvillea is a film of genre Drama directed by Emilio Fernández with Dolores del Río
Bougainvillea (1945)
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Add to a movie listBugambilia ("Bougainvillea") is a Mexican movie of 1945 directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz.
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In the Mexican city of Guanajuato, in the 1800s, the young and beautiful Amalia de los Robles (Dolores del Río) wakes up the passion of all the men of the region. This provokes the fury of her widowed father, Don Fernando (Julio Villarreal) who sees in her the face of his dead wife. But Amalia falls in love with the smart Ricardo (Pedro Armendáriz). Tragic circumstances, however, prevent them from being united.Actors
Dolores del Río
(Amalita de los Robles)
Pedro Armendáriz
(Ricardo Rojas)
Julio Villarreal
(Don Fernando)
Stella Inda
(Zarca)
Alberto Galán
(Luis Felipe)
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, 1h16Directed by Emilio Fernández
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, 1h26Directed by Emilio Fernández
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, 1h45Directed by Emilio Fernández
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, 1h34Directed by Emilio Fernández
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Alfonso Bedoya, José Elías Moreno
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The Torch (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Emilio Fernández
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
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, 1h44Directed by John Ford, Emilio Fernández
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Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Themes Films about religion
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, 1h51Directed by Emilio Fernández
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel, Lupe Carriles
Rating74%
Enamorada (1946)
, 1h39Directed by Emilio Fernández
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
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Rating76%
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, 1h25Directed by Emilio Fernández
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Alfonso Bedoya, Richard Anderson, Columba Domínguez, Guillermo Calles
Rating73%
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