La malquerida (1949)

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession Raimundas daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban and in order to escape her suffocating home life shes accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesnt even love But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia and in order to ensure that she doesnt leave hes plotting to murder the girls unsuspecting fiancée As Estebans true nature emerges mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times