A Pure Soul (1965)
Second of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). Claudia, a young aristocratic girl travels to Switzerland to recover the corpse of her brother, Juan Luis. As she flies back home to Mexico, in flashback it is revealed that she and her brother had an incestuous relationship and that she managed to drive his fiance, Claire, to her death... with tragic consequences for all of them.
Director: Juan Ibáñez
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Arabella Árbenz as Claudia |
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Enrique Rocha as Juan Luis |
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Veit Gentry as The father |
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Leonora Carrington as The mother |
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Sally Belfrage as Claire |
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Aldo Morante as |
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Mona Moore as |
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Victoria Huston as |
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Mercedes Ospina as |
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Colleen Bennet as |
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Veit Gentry as |
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Erica Carlson as |
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Dolores Linares as |
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Carlos Monsiváis as |
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Constancia Calderón as |
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Carol Southern as |
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Carlos Fuentes as |
| Directing | Juan Ibáñez | Director |
| Writing | Carlos Fuentes | Original Story |
| Writing | Carlos Fuentes | Adaptation |
| Writing | Juan Ibáñez | Adaptation |
| Directing | Jorge Fons | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras | Music |
| Sound | Carlos Savage | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sigfrido García | Sound Editor |
| Production | Federico Amérigo | Producer |
| Production | Carlos Velo | Producer |
| Production | Rogelio González Chávez | Producer |
| Editing | Luis Sobreyra | Editor |
| Camera | Gabriel Figueroa | Director of Photography |