Set in '50s Spain, a young man (Sanz) leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée (Verdu) can get married. He rents a room from a widow (Abril), and shortly begins a torrid ...
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Cast
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| Victoria Abril | ... | Luisa | |
| Jorge Sanz | ... | Paco | |
| Maribel Verdú | ... | Trini | |
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Enrique Cerro | ... | Comandante |
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Mabel Escaño | ... | Esposa Comandante |
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Alicia Agut | ... | Madre Trini |
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José Cerro | ... | Minuta |
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Gabriel Latorre | ... | Gordo |
| Saturnino García | ... | Pueblerino | |
| Ricard Borràs | ... | Individuo Bar (as Ricard Borrás) | |
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Lucas Martín | ... | Javier |
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Jorge Juan García | ... | Ignacio |
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Cosme Cortázar | ... | Capataz |
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Carmen Ibarra | ... | Mujer Estanco |
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Fernando Hernández | ... | Hombre Estanco |
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Set in '50s Spain, a young man (Sanz) leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée (Verdu) can get married. He rents a room from a widow (Abril), and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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12 April 1991 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross USA:
$1,407,309Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,407,309Company Credits
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1.66 : 1
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Antonio Banderas was originally slated to play Paco. See more »Goofs
The film is set in 1955 but an early-1970s VW bus drives past Madrid station. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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there is the fact that is based on a true story. If I had to choose one modern spanish movie to see this would be the one. There is the young soldier that is in love with a pure and virgin girl (marivel verdu), then there is the older woman (Victoria Abril), not so naive that has been around quite a bit and knows "the business" she is also older. the soldier (alejandro sanz) is in between them and that both woman try to do to get his attention and they are all in a love triangle, hard to describe, sometimes is disturbing, sometimes is passionate and above all all the actors are outstanding! the director has done a very fine job, very deep, very impressive, and by all means one of the most underrated spanish movies of all.