La Rumbera: Ninón Sevilla
Aventurera

La Rumbera: Ninón Sevilla

Cinema Rediscovered 2024

Season

Please note : this season finished in July 2024

A trio of brand-new restorations starring Cuban-born actor, singer and dancer Ninón Sevilla (Emelia Pérez Castellanos, 1929-2015), a Latin American icon and exponent of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles, called by Variety “a cross between Rita Hayworth and Carmen Miranda”.

The selected films combine elements of film-noir, rumbera and cabaretera genres during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

These three new 4K restorations were produced by Permanencia Voluntaria and presented by Film Noir UK and Lorena Pino as part of Other Ways of Seeing, supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery.


Previous screenings in this season

Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin)

classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin)
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

An extravagant film noir set in Mexico City’s red-light district nightclubs, starring sensationally versatile diva Ninón Sevilla, known as ‘The Golden Venus’.

UK Premiere: Aventurera

classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
UK Premiere: Aventurera
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

An upper middle class woman falls into an erotic underworld of lust and betrayal in a musical/noir film that catapulted Ninón Sevilla to stardom after her debut in film in 1946.

UK Premiere: Carita de Cielo

classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
UK Premiere: Carita de Cielo
Please note: This was screened in July 2024
Film

Ninón Sevilla’s film debut the very year she arrived in Mexico from her native Cuba.

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