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Cast
Emilio Echevarría
as El Sabio
Geraldine Chaplin
as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
Ángela Molina
as Casilda Armenta
Olivia Molina
as Casilda Armenta (young)
Dominika Paleta
as Ximena
Tara Parra
as Ximena (old)
Evangelina Sosa
as Damiana / maid (young)
Evangelina Martínez
as Damiana / maid (old)
Alejandra Barros
as Florina de Dios
Arturo Beristáin
as Marco Tulio / Newspaper manager
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2011
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageSpanish
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Romance
Votes58
DirectorHenning Carlsen
WritersHenning Carlsen, Jean-Claude Carrière
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsMemories of My Melancholy Whores
About Memories of My Melancholy Whores
To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, wants something special from Rosa Cabarcas’s brothel: an intense night of love with a virgin teenager. The madam finds him the ideal young woman, Delgadina, a factory worker, who is selling her virginity to support her family. When he sees Delgadina sleeping angelically, he loses interest in pure pleasure and falls in love with her. That love was not meant to be true, but fate changes, and that hope is born of an opportunity for unbridled love.
Directed by Henning Carlsen, Memories of My Melancholy Whores leans on a strong ensemble — Emilio Echevarría, Geraldine Chaplin, Ángela Molina — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2011.
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