Gilda (1946)

“She still didn’t believe I wasn’t coming back. Every night she got all dressed up… and waited. But a girl like Gilda couldn’t stand not knowing the why of things, so she decided to swallow her pride and came to see me. It was wonderful. “ ‘Gilda’, directed by Charles Vidor in 1946, is an…

Lucía (1968)

‘Lucía’, directed by Humberto Solás, is a Cuban drama from 1968. The film contains three stories: the first set in the 1860s, the second set in the 1930s and the third set in the then present day of the 1960s. Each focuses on a woman called Lucía, played by a different woman each time, and follows…