Una mujer sin precio (1961)
Plot[]
When the perfectionist scientist, Dr. Víctor Junco loses his wife, Maribella to a car accident he builds a robotic version to replace her. When he realizes he can continue to “perfect” his wife he eventually creates the “perfect” woman who leaves him.
Production[]
This film is Moctezuma II’s second film and his biggest budget film. When the featured luchador, the Scorpion flirted with Moctezuma's starlet and childhood sweetheart, Lisa Moctezuma got jealous and cut the Scorpion out of most of the film. The film failed; Lisa and Scorpion were married, and Moctezuma was black-listed from other productions.
Festival Screenings:[]
- Best Picture and Director, DePaul Premiere Film Festival 2014
- SITGES Film Festival, Spain 2014
- 50th Chicago International Film Festival, IL 2014
- 31st Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam 2015
- Best Short runner up, 31st Chicago Latino Film Festival, IL 2015
- International Film Festival, Bulgaria 2015
- Dances with Films, Los Angeles, CA 2015
- Best Director, Lighthouse International Film Festival, NJ 2015
- Rojo Sangre Film Festival, Buenos Aires 2015
- Camp Cult Classics, Los Angeles, CA 2016
- San Diego Latino Film Festival, CA 2016
- Best Homage, Silver Scream Festival, Santa Rosa, CA 2016
- Film Quest, UT 2016
- Other Worlds, Austin, TX 2016
- Best Experimental Film, Official Latino Film Festival, Cochella, CA 2018
External Links:[]
Gallery:[]
Moctezuma with actor Miguel Nuñez.
Moctezuma II with cinematographer Erin Hughes
Moctezuma and his starlet/muse Lisa
El Escorpión with his costumer.
Scorpion and Lisa married 1962
Trailer:[]
Priceless Woman (1961)- Trailer on VHS - Moctezuma Film