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Spain Spain · Alicante
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Drama. Romance Catherine Sloper is a shy and backwards young woman who lives with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in 1849 New York. By all accounts Catherine's mother was a beautiful and graceful creature with the charm of queens. Catherine never knew her mother since she died while in childbirth, but her father often reminds her of all the things her mother was and that she is not. Catherine inherited a great deal of money after her mother passed and ... [+]
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January 22, 2012
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Intenso drama, genialmente interpretado por Olivia de Havilland que encarna a una mujer, poco agraciada, torpe y acomplejada, que por los golpes y coces que recibe por parte de su padre, amante y la sociedad en general, se convierte en un ser vengativo, frío y terriblemente cruel.

El título de ésta crítica es una cita de Balzac sobre la venganza, que le viene cómo anillo al dedo a ésta película, magistralmente realizada por William Wyler, quizás el director que mejor ha sabido construir y crear intensos dramas, sin caer en la lágrima fácil, marcándonos a fuego muchas escenas, en especial el final de La Heredera, simplemente aterrador.
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