Amor Prohibido

Forbidden love understood as unrequited love has a moralistic treatment in this comic and melodramatic portrait that in any case is steeped in Mexican costumbrismo prior to the 50s; Isabel's character faces the classic crossroads or conflict of principles; selflessly obeying the father and his unquestionable respect, or experiencing the sentimental goading of falling in love with his boss, Dr. Carbajal despite being married, despite having marital problems and not even knowing the affection that the secretary has for him. It is not an exaggeration to see a repressed Isabel while her brother Carlos is an incorrigible jealous man who watches over and scolds and almost harasses his girl Lourdes to the point of looking for other suitors to breathe as a macho boyfriend. The case of the husband who seems unfaithful, like Dr. Carbajal, but who in reality is not; on the contrary, the excessive jealousy of the wife creates a heavy and non-existent atmosphere, has rarely been handled with the subtlety and neatness of this feature film. The scenes of filial love that he referred to as customs of that time vindicate a Domingo Soler, master of emotional blackmail and family emblem par excellence of Mexico in the middle of the last century. The plot goes from deep sentiment to the easy story when Dr. Carbajal's wife dies and then he does look for Isabel as a partner.