The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)

overview : The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.

Release Date : Nov 25, 1953

Runtime : 1h 43m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Reforma Films, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique

Countries : France, Mexico

Keywords : husband wife relationship, heatwave