▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁perform ▁various ▁jobs ▁to ▁raise ▁her ▁son , ▁in ▁a ▁tum ult uous ▁Mexico ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁ ▁Comment s ▁ ▁Since ▁its ▁in ception , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁rough ▁film ▁project . ▁The ▁uncertainty ▁with ▁which ▁Fern ande z ▁had ▁begun ▁his ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁ ▁movie ▁stud ios ▁Films ▁Mundial es ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁somewhat ▁over conf ident , ▁jud ging ▁by ▁his ▁increasing ly ▁frequent ▁invol vement ▁in ▁draft ing ▁the ▁scripts ▁of ▁his ▁films . ▁ ▁While ▁Fern ande z ▁mixed ▁stories ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁screen ▁with ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Revolution , ▁came ▁the ▁unexpected ▁ill ness ▁of ▁the ▁producer , ▁Ag ustr ín ▁J . ▁F ink . ▁A ▁cloud ▁of ▁p ess im ism ▁cloud ed ▁prepar ations ▁for ▁the ▁shooting , ▁the ▁budget ▁and ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁pes os , ▁much ▁of ▁it ▁inv ested ▁in ▁very ▁expensive ▁clothes ▁that ▁a ▁famous ▁Hollywood ▁designer ▁( R og er ) ▁drew ▁up ▁for ▁the ▁show c asing ▁of ▁Dol ores ▁del ▁Río . ▁Finally , ▁efforts ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁F ink ▁were ▁useless ▁and ▁the ▁producer ▁died ▁three ▁weeks ▁before ▁the ▁start ▁shooting . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁Las ▁abandon adas ▁was ▁ready ▁for ▁release ▁when ▁the ▁ban ▁came ▁exhibition . ▁The ▁then ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Film ▁C ensor ▁Department , ▁under ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁the ▁Inter ior ▁of ▁México , ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁suggested ▁to