El pecado de Adán y Eva is a Mexican

Mexican cinema

The history of Mexican cinema goes back to the ending of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, when several enthusiasts of the new medium documented historical events – most particularly the Mexican Revolution – and produced some movies that have only recently been rediscovered...

 Biblical epic film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 from 1969.

Production background

The film, directed by Miguel Zacarías, retells the Biblical

Bible

The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

 story of Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...

. Matinee idol Jorge Rivero

Jorge Rivero

Jorge Pous Rosas is a matinee idol, with a career spanning three continents , primarily in Spanish language media...

 played Adam, while newcomer Candice 'Candy' Wilson played Eve. There are no other actors in the film. The movie is largely silent, with the actors gesturing and calling each other's names to communicate. The film has some opening narration, as well as the voice of God saying a few phrases from the heavens.

The film gained notoriety because Rivero and Wilson appear nude throughout most of the film.

Release

The film was produced by Azteca Films and released in the U.S. in 1971 by New World Pictures.

External links

• The Sin of Adam and Eve at IMDB