Film · Afro-Caribbean diaspora

Life of Sin

Directed by Efraín López Neris · 1979 · 112 min

The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.