Our Lady of Sorrows | |
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Spanish | La Dolorosa |
Directed by | Jean Grémillon |
Written by | Juan José Lorente Jean Grémillon |
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Cinematography | José María Beltrán Jacques Montheraud |
Music by | Daniel Montorio José Serrano |
Production company | Falcó Films |
Distributed by | Cifesa |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: La Dolorosa) is a 1934 Spanish musical drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Agustín Godoy and Mary Amparo Bosch. It is an adaptation of the 1930 zarzuela La dolorosa. The film was made at the leading Spanish CEA Studios and shot on location in Aragon with 1500 extras. It was a box office hit on its release.[1] The film was part of a popular European trend of operetta films during the 1930s.
When Dolores abandons Rafael for a cadet, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk. But when Dolores realizes what she have done, she abandons her child whom she had with another man. Will Rafael be able to help a woman who made a foolish choice?