Damiana y Los Hombres(1967) is a Mexican soap opera made as a big budget movie. The title means "Damiana and the Men". Mercedes Carreno portrays Damiana, a girl from a rural area who has to choose between a career as a supermodel or life with a guy she loves. Damiana y Los Hombres is "really good" compared to bad, vile Mexican movies made in the 1980's. There are some fun scenes such as Carreno dancing in her underpants to something that sounds like a Canned Heat cover band. Carreno does appear topless in the film for six seconds! How did they get that past the censors? The film is soaked with 1960's pop culture. You can see a Donald Duck LP in the background. This film may have worked better as a twenty episode Mexican soap opera on TV. Damiana y Los Hombres is no masterpiece, but it's worth a look if you enjoy Mercedes Carreno and her sensuality.
