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DESEOlookedverypromising.AmovieaboutthepoliticalsituationbytheendofWWIIandalsoaforbiddenlovestorybetweenamarriedcommunistwomanandaNAZIsympathizinginaveryconvolutedSpain;butthemovieisunabletogetthepointalmostcompletely.Thisisreallyapity,becausemoviesaboutWWIIaregenerallynomorethanwarscenesandNAZISportraitaspsychopathsbutrarelymentionsthereasonswhymanycountrieswerealliedorpassivewithGermany(evenUSAbeforePearlHarbor).　　In1945;awomanbelongingtoacommunistfamilyfallenfromgrace,findajobinthehouseofaveryseductiveArgentineanmagnatewhoissecretivehelpingimportantmembersoftheNAZIregimeescapetoArgentinaunderprotectionofGeneralPeron(andalsoGeneralFranco)governments.Thewomanhasseveralreasonstohatethefascism;herhusbandisinprisonforpoliticalreasons,hisfatherwaskilledinfrontofhisfamilybytheFALANGE(Franco'sarmy),hismotherisparaplegicbecauseofthatandtheylosteverythingtheirhadandlivinginabsolutelymisery.Forallthesereasons,thetemptationofanelegantworld,fancyclothesandgoodsexseemsquitelogical,evenwhenshehadtobetrayherownideasandhusband.　　Thestorylooksverygood,butthedevelopmentispoorandflippingfromthelightsocialhistorytothesoapoperamodel.Thebeginningshowingmiseryanddesperationandtheseductivetycoon,arewellconceivedalbeitslowmoving.Butafterthat,thingsneverreallygetconvincing.Thepoliticalsituationisdescribedusingafewdialogs.Theobsessivelovestoryloosecredibilityeverysecond.Sexscenesareashotascandlesixfeetaway.MomentslikethenoticeofHitler'sdeadaresobadactedthattheyshouldbeleftinthecuttingroom.　　Thecastcomposedofveryimportantandwell-knownSpanishandArgentineanactor'sfailsalmostcompletely.LeonardoSbaragliastartsveryseductive,butwhenthingsgetdramaticheisunabletodeliver.LeonorWatlinghasaonefacialexpressioncharacter;evenwhenshelooksveryniceandunprotected,ishardtobelievesomebodycouldgetsoobsessedabouther.CeciliaRothisacaricature,absolutelymiscast.NormaLeandrounnecessaryasSbaragliamotherandheadoftheorganization.Sarda,CavaandAlterioaretheonlyonesabletogetsomecredibilityintheirsmallparts.　　Itisreallysad,becausewithallthemisses,thereareafewintelligentdetails.ThestorynevertriestocreateaheroineoutofWatlingrole.ThefearsandpersecutionofcommunistunderFrancoregimeareverywelldescribedandtouching,asisthemiserythosepeopleswerecondemned.　　Insum,ifyoudonotknowhistoryorifyouarelookingforsomethingtryingtoshowhistoryrealistic,takealookotherwisedonotlooseyourtime,readabookaboutthesubject.