La venus maldita

1967 Argentine film

Alfredo B. Crevenna
Adolfo García Videla

Produced byAlfonso Rosas PriegoStarring

Libertad Leblanc
Héctor Godoy
Guillermo Murray

Distributed byInstituto Nacional de Cinematografia Argentína

Release date

11 May 1967 (1967-05-11)

CountryArgentinaLanguageSpanish

La venus maldita (The Damned Venus) is a 1967 Argentine and Mexican erotic drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna.^[1]^[2] The film was entirely shot in Peru, mostly in Lima but with location shots in Ancón, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu. La venus maldita was one of thirteen coproductions filmed and shown in Peru between 1962 and 1970.^[3]

Plot

Gustavo Fernández (Héctor Godoy) suffers from an illness which he seeks to keep secret. While he is being treated, he falls in love with Ana (Libertad Leblanc), his nurse, and the pair eventually marry. Following the honeymoon, Gustavo is again bedridden and insists that his best friend, Rafael (Guillermo Murray), and Ana go out and have fun together. His domineering mother (Bertha Moss), and the feelings that develop between Ana and Rafael, threaten Gustavo's long-sought happiness.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Libertad Leblanc^[6]
Guillermo Murray
Héctor Godoy
Bertha Moss
Luis Álvarez [es]
Edwin Mayer
Alicia Maguiña

References

^ mi.tv. "La venus maldita (Película) | Programación de TV en México | mi.tv". mi.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "INFOARTES – La venus maldita" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ Jeffrey Middents (2009). Writing National Cinema: Film Journals and Film Culture in Peru. Dartmouth College Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-58465-776-7.
^ "FilmAffinity, España: La venus maldita (1967)". Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "IMDB: La venus maldita (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ Clarín.com (24 October 2019). "Libertad Leblanc: el regreso del último mito erótico". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2020.