De Noche Vienes, Esmeralda (Esmeralda Comes by Night)
1997, R, 103 min.
Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Roberto Cobo, Ignacio Retes, Alberto Estrella, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Antonio Crestani, Tito Vasconcelos, Martha Navarro, Claudio Obregón, Maria Rojo.

Esmeralda is simultaneously married to five men. She is about to marry her sixth when the moral authorities intervene. For this woman, marriage is an act of liberation and erotic expression. This winnner of five Arieles, Mexico’s top film prize, has also been Hermosillo’s most widely seen film in the U.S. Hermosillo will be in attendance at the screening.

This article appears in March 1 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.