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Victims of Sin

(Víctimas del pecado, Emilio Fernández, 1951)

New Restoration

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A black and white still from Victims of Sin showing a man and a woman facing each other in fancy dress.

Mar 02, 2024 12:30 PM

Film/Video Theater

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students

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Don’t miss this wildly entertaining collaboration between the most revered director of Mexico’s Golden Age of film and legendary cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa.

The engrossing and impassioned Victims of Sin stars Cuban Mexican film icon Ninón Sevilla as Violeta, a talented cabaret singer. When she finds the newborn child of a sex worker and her pimp abandoned in a garbage can, she adopts him as her own. Forced to abandon her career as a performer and take to the streets, Violeta is soon accepted and supported by a kindly nightclub owner. All seems well until the violent pimp returns seeking to reclaim his son. A thrilling blend of noir, melodrama, and traditional musical, the film is a wonderful showcase for Sevilla’s talents across African, Cuban, and Caribbean dance styles. In Spanish with English subtitles. (84 mins., 4K DCP)

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Vicitims of Sin, courtesy of Janus Films.

"Fernández’s lustrously shot Mexico City film…bursts with the moody poetry of alley views and bridge vistas."

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

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Restored from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative by Peter Conheim (Cinema Preservation Alliance/USA) and Viviana García-Besné (Permanencia Voluntaria/Mexico). Preservation coproduced by Permanencia Voluntaria and Cinema Preservation Alliance with further assistance from IMCINE and the Academy Film Archive.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development 
Greater Columbus Arts Council 
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services 
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
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Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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