Film

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

2011 · 1h 30m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

5.9

To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, wants something special from Rosa Cabarcas’s brothel: an intense night of love with a virgin teenager. The madam finds him the ideal young woman, Delgadina, a factory worker, who is selling her virginity to support her family. When he sees Delgadina sleeping angelically, he loses interest in pure pleasure and falls in love with her. That love was not meant to be true, but fate changes, and that hope is born of an opportunity for unbridled love.

Emilio Echevarría

El Sabio

Geraldine Chaplin

Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam

Ángela Molina

Casilda Armenta

Olivia Molina

Casilda Armenta (young)

Dominika Paleta

Ximena

Tara Parra

Ximena (old)

Evangelina Sosa

Damiana / maid (young)

Evangelina Martínez

Damiana / maid (old)

Alejandra Barros

Florina de Dios

Arturo Beristáin

Marco Tulio / Newspaper manager

Paola Medina

Delgadina

Alfredo Sevilla

Alfredo / Ximena's father

• Henning CarlsenDirector · Screenplay
• Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
• Gabriel García MárquezNovel
• Alejandro MartínezDirector of Photography
• Anders RefnEditor
• Ana MedinaCasting

Release date

October 13, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama, Romance

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