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.
Cast
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
Crew
Henning Carlsen
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Gabriel García Márquez
Novel
Anders Refn
Editor
Alejandro Martínez
Director of Photography
Roberto Bonelli
Production Design
Ana Medina
Casting
Gilda Navarro
Costume Design
Joaquín de la Riva
Set Decoration
Julieta Álvarez
Set Decoration
Francisco Blanc
Art Direction
