La Viuda Negra (1977 film)


La Viuda Negra is a 1977 film directed by Arturo Ripstein, produced in Mexico and based on the novel Debiera haber obispas written by Rafael Solana.

Cast

In a small town in Mexico, Matea is an orphan who assists the priest, Father Feliciano, in his parish. The village doctor tries to seduce her, but fails and proceeds to defame her into believing that Matea maintains relations with the priest. The people believe him and demand to cure her; he refuses and locks himself away with Matea. During the lockdown, they develop a passionate love, but fate arrives and the priest dies. Matea becomes a kind of priestess which is known as the "Black Widow".