La guerrillera de Villa

An agreeable musical drama with stellar cast as the Spanish beauty Carmen Sevilla who gives a sympathetic acting as a beautiful dancer and singer . Reyes Mendoza (Carmen Sevilla) is a Spanish singer-songwriter, a known artist who arrives in Mexico in 1913 . She makes her debut in the theater in Mexico City and finds herself involved in political problems with this country . Pablo (Vicente Parra), her suitor, convinces her to bring an amount of money with her so that she can buy contraband weapons. On the trip she meets Ricardo (Julio Alemán) , the man who smuggles the weapons, and she falls in love with him. Things go wrong when Ricardo has to go to meet with Pablo. And Reyes finally finds herself involved in the Pancho Villa (Jose Elias Moreno) revolution.

Carmen Sevilla embodies a Spanish singer-songwriter caught up in the Pancho Villa revolution in this Spanish-Mexican melodrama by Miguel Morayta where the actress was accompanied by the already mature heartthrob Vicente Parra . Songs and picturesqueness are intermingled in this attractive film photographed by the prestigious cameraman Alex Philips. The motion picture was professionally directed by Spanish born director Miguel Morayta . He was a prolific craftsman who was born in Ciudad Real ,Castilla-La Mancha, España (1907) whose whole work took place in Mexico since his exile there in 1941. Directing a lot of films in all kinds of genres including the following : El mártir del Calvario (1952), La mujer marcada (1957) y Vagabunda (1950) , El vampiro sangriento (1962) , La invasión de los vampiros (1963) , Doctor Stán (1966) , Capulina y los monstruos (1974) , among others .

The film is mainly a musical drama with a triangular love story . But there's also a wartime intrigue developed in the historical events of the Mexican revolution including historical roles and a decent re-enacting of the battle of Torreón with a good staging of the fight scenes . The picture is based on fact , this is as follows : Porfirio Díaz, whose regime had become increasingly authoritarian. Bankrolling the opposition Anti-Reelectionist Party, Madero's candidacy garnered widespread support in the country. He challenged Díaz in the 1910 election, which resulted in his arrest. After Díaz declared himself winner for an eighth term in a rigged election,Madero escaped from jail, fled to the United States, and called for the overthrow of his regime in the Plan of San Luis Potosí, sparking the Mexican Revolution. Madero's armed support was concentrated in northern Mexico and was aided by access to arms and finances in the United States. In Chihuahua, Madero recruited wealthy landowner Abraham González to his movement, appointing him provisional governor of the state. González then enlisted Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco as revolutionary leaders. Madero crossed from Texas into Mexico and took command of a band of revolutionaries, but were defeated in the Battle of Casas Grandes by the Federal Army, which led him to abandon military command roles. Concerned the Battle of Ciudad Juárez would cause casualties in the American city of El Paso and prompt foreign intervention, Madero ordered Villa and Orozco to retreat, but they disobeyed and captured Juárez. Díaz resigned on 25 May 1911 after the signing of the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez and went into exile. Madero retained the Federal Army and dismissed the revolutionary fighters who had forced Díaz's resignation . Madero was enormously popular among many sectors, but he did not immediately assume the presidency. An interim president was installed and elections were scheduled. Madero was elected in a landslide and sworn into office on 6 November 1911. The Madero administration soon encountered opposition, both from conservatives and from more radical revolutionaries. Hesitation to implement large-scale land reform efforts upset many of his followers, who viewed it as a promised demand from conflict participation. Workers also became disillusioned by his moderate policies. Former supporter Emiliano Zapata declared himself in rebellion against Madero in the 1911 Plan of Ayala; and in the north, former loyalist Pascual Orozco led an insurrection against him. Foreign investors became concerned that Madero was unable to maintain political stability, while foreign governments were concerned that a destabilized Mexico would threaten international order. In February 1913, a coup d'état backed by the United States and led by conservative Generals Félix Díaz (a nephew of Porfirio Díaz), Bernardo Reyes, and general Victoriano Huerta was staged in Mexico City, with the latter taking the presidency. Madero was captured and assassinated along with vice-president José María Pino Suárez in a series of events now called the Ten Tragic Days, where his brother Gustavo was tortured and killed. After his assassination, Madero became a unifying force among revolutionary factions against the Huerta regime. In the north, Venustiano Carranza, then Governor of Coahuila, led the nascent Constitutionalist Army; meanwhile Zapata continued his rebellion against the Federal Government under the Plan of Ayala. Once Huerta was ousted in July 1914, the revolutionary coalitions met in the Convention of Aguascalientes, where disagreements persisted, and Mexico entered a new stage of civil war.