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Magdalena’s True Vocation

Magdalena’s True Vocation

1972 · 94 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education

Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo · Written by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

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