Do%C3%B1a B%C3%A1rbara (1943 film)

Francisco Domnguez

Doa Brbara is a wealthy landowner hardened by an experience she had as a teenager in which she was gang raped by the same men who killed her first love. She has accumulated her vast lands and cattle herds by using men, as well as illegal means, such as bribery of local officials. One of the few remaining other landowners in the area is Santos Luzardo, who has returned from abroad to take control of his familys ranch. He suspects his ranch foreman, Don Balbino, had been working for Doa Brbara in stealing his cattle. The other men do not believe Santos will be a match for Doa Brbara, but he demonstrates his superior horsemanship, and it seems the balance of power in the region is going to tip.Doa Brbara has a teenage daughter with Lorenzo Barquero, a former land baron that Doa Brbara left broken and penniless. He is now an alcoholic. The girl, Marisela, is left to fend for herself, and Doa Brbara has no interest in her, though Juan Primito, a servant of Doa Brbaras secretly looks after her. Eventually, Marisela is discovered by Santos, who takes her and her father in, and gives the girl education. ........

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