The Woman of the Port (1934 film)

The Woman of the Port Spanish La Mujer del Puerto is a 1934 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Arcady Boytler and starring Andrea Palma. The film is based on the novel Le Port by French author Guy de Maupassant.

Arcady Boytlers film La Mujer del puerto had some strong themes of incest and prostitution. Around this time prostitution was not a theme that most were surprised by, but it was the incest notion that gave the film controversy. It would be tempting to attribute the films credentials with Boytlers Birth nation, but the reality of things is that it is an untouched topic. Earlier in 1930s Sergei Eisensteins visit to Mexico influenced a dozen of directors. Boytler set out to make a film that could transcend its culture and make it an international treasure. Mexico was being torn apart with modernity and postrevolution trying to rebuild and keep the heritage intact. Through cinematic art and the influence of Eisensteins visit to the Americas, Mexico flourished with talent and pushed its boundaries. Boytler said To be sure, great films will made in Mexico. In this country, there is a great artistic spirit, many elements of magnificent value to be discovered. I think that not all films should be to vernacular so that they are accepted and understood in other Spanishspeaking countries. Countries that dont understand the tendencies, or culture if you will, from a certain part of Mexico would have a hard time understanding the message or dialect pushed through the film. On one side we have the country debating concern in identity and the other we have a postrevolutionary period. Boytler tried incorporating the loving side of the entity engendered by the revolution into the nation space. On the other, we have the drive of modernization and desire to measure up to international standards of progress. In other words, you have two opposing sides on one hand you have the highbrow, Europeanized elite dream of inserting the nations creative talent into global stream, and on the other you have ancient and borrow elements, is produced by and from the masses. Boyltercaptured the heart of the masses even through the modernizing form of cinema adding sound and incorporating the

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