Cinnamon Skin (film)
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| Directed by | Juan José Ortega |
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| Produced by | Ramón Peón Juan José Ortega |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Gómez Urquiza |
| Edited by | José W. Bustos |
| Music by | Gonzalo Curiel |
Production company | Compañía Cinematográfica Mexicana |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Cinnamon Skin (Spanish: Piel canela) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Juan José Ortega and starring Sara Montiel, Manolo Fábregas and Ramón Gay. It was set and partly filmed in Cuba.
In Havana, gangster moll and singer Marucha, who has had a disfigured face since childhood, is helped by a plastic surgeon who falls madly in love with her. The doctor hopes to reform her and turn her into a good woman by transforming her face through surgeries. However Marucha, with her new beautiful face, has other plans and becomes a night club entertainer and a highly paid prostitute.