Txema Blasco
Also Known As: José María Blasco Etxeguren, Txema Blasco Etxeguren
Biography: José María Blasco Etxeguren (Vitoria, Álava, 1941), known as Txema Blasco, is a Spanish actor. He entered the cinematographic world when he was already 50 years old, thanks to the performance in Tasio by Montxo Armendáriz, although he had previously intervened in amateur theater groups where he cultivated his true passion: to be an actor. Soon he would abandon his accounting job at a metallurgical company to devote himself fully to interpretation. From Wikipedia (ES), the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: July 13, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Male
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Cows
Overview: A film set in the Basque region, beginning in the Carlist war of 1875 and ending during the Spanish Civil war of 1936. The film portrays how one single act of cowardice shapes the life of the next three generations of two families and fuels the intense rivalry which will span the next sixty-one years.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-02-26
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The Red Squirrel
Overview: Jota's suicide attempt is interrupted when a motorcyclist crashes off a bridge. After he rescues her, he decides to invent a life story for her — one of love and shared memories — creating a fragile web of deception that intertwines their fates.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-04-21
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Earth
Overview: A mysterious exterminator falls in love with two women who live in a distinctive wine-producing region in Spain.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-05-20
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What You Never Knew
Overview: Lucía's heart misses a beat when she sees a man of her age, Juan in a department store. Without hesitating, she decides to follow him to his house, the same house where, twenty-five years before, while the Franco regime was on its last leg, Juan first met Lucía and fell in love with her...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-01-05
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Broken Basket
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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249. La noche en que una becaria encontró a Emiliano Revilla
Overview: On October 30, 1988, the businessman Emiliano Revilla had been kidnapped by ETA for 249 days. After more than eight months of captivity, hopes of liberation were increasingly scarce and very few journalists were still standing guard at the employer's house. María José Sáez, a young editor, formerly of the EFE Agency, was the only one who was close to the house on the night of October 30th.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-11-30
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Ashes from the Sun
Overview: Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-05-30
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Vidas pequeñas
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-03-18
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Hotel y domicilio
Overview: Ángel works as a forensic doctor in a medium-sized city. Abandoned by his partner, a psychiatrist friend and neighbor helps him, induces him to play sports, and directs him to a dating agency to solve his most pressing problem. This is how Ángel meets Bruno, a hustler in his early twenties , and Mavi, a prostitute with whom he maintains a friendly relationship. But in Bruno's past there is Guillermo, a former police officer who was his pimp until a conviction separated them...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-10-26
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A Time for Defiance
Overview: After the Spanish Civil War breaks out, the Prado Museum is being evacuated. One of the guards finds a painting by the master, Goya, and takes it to prevent damage to the work of art. In the interim, he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Assisted by her and her family members, the soldier attempts to save Goya's masterpiece intact amidst the war and violence.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-18
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Área de descanso
Overview: Road movie in which a woman helps the Polish driver of a tourist bus waiting at the foot of the road, next to your disabled vehicle arrival of a replacement. Will hellish 14 days in which to find a stowaway who was traveling in the bus, and will meet truckers and law enforcement.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-16
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Baztan
Overview: A film crew travels to the Valley of Baztan to make a film about certain events that occurred in the seventeenth century is the history of discrimination suffered by so-called "agotes", people who were forced to live apart from the rest almost to our days.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 2012-10-05
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Dos rivales casi iguales
Overview: A colorfully yet emotional comedy, filled with provoking political criticism, placed in a contemporary scenario, where salmons and frogs coexist with the inhabitants of a small village, near a beautiful river. This year though, the river and its inhabitants are about to stir things up. The twin brothers Jaime and Nacho find themselves challenging each other for the most important political seat in the nation
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-05-25
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Junts
Overview: Helena is a 70 year old woman living in a nursing home. His daughter, and especially his son, not want to have at home. Already expelled six residences, Helena thinks if escape this, it will not be accepted in another and can not do anything but let her go home. For this flight uses the help of James, another resident who has no family and is in love with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-23
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Looking for Chencho
Overview: When a tourist bus stops at a gas station, Chencho, one of the passengers, decides to go to the toilet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-10-17
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Clara
Overview: Clara is an amnesiac woman who faces the reconstruction of a dark past, connecting your business life with a mobster Iranian drug trafficking, prostitution, arms sales and political corruption.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Grandfather
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-06-13
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El síndrome de Svensson
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Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-03-23
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Rincones del paraíso
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-03-12
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Escape From Segovia
Overview: In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA members planned to escape from prison, but the project fails when, due to a tip-off, the guards discover the tunnel they are digging. The inmates, far from being discouraged, start a second tunnel.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Todos estamos invitados
Overview: Spain. The Basque Country. Sometime in the 90s. Josu Jon, a young member of a terrorist organization, has suffered an almost complete memory loss after being wounded in a shooting with the Spanish police. As he awaits for his trial, his condition is being treated at the prison hospital. Other inmates belonging to the same organization try to make him remember how brave a "gudari" -a Basque soldier- he is and how he must go back to the armed fight for the independence of their country as soon as he gets out of prison. Meanwhile, Xabier, a college professor who has been death-threatened by the terrorists due to his political views on the Basque situation, is having an affair with Francesca, a young psychologist who happens to end up trying to help Josu Jon recover his memory. A warm feeling of mutual affection grows between her and her patient. At a point, it doesn't seem to be clear whether Josu Jon really wants to recover his memory or rather forget forever who he actually is.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-04-11
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Patesnak, A Christmas Tale
Overview: In a city at war, little Benda is wounded by a sniper in an ambush. Palouk, another child, watches the events astonished.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Suerte
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-11-14
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Something to Remember Me By
Overview: Irene lives with Mateo, his father, and her son David, 22 years old. Living together is harmonious and happy, but there is a conflict: David, a brilliant student of architecture, has decided to go and live with his girlfriend Clara, a supermarket cashier. Despite its liberal way of thinking, Irene cannot understand such an unequal relationship. However, David finds in his grandfather the necessary complicity to carry out his plans. Mateo is a old and vital octogenarian despite his tough history: he was a child during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and he lost his house and all his family. But none of that could finish with his energy and desire to live. One day, however, Mateo arrives with terrible news.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-02-18
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Do It for Me
Overview: Andrés's wealthy father-in-law runs a textile factory; he retires and brings Andrés to Madrid, with wife and son, to run the company. Andrés works long hours, but his wife is bored, and there are tensions at home. When Isabel, a femme fatale, spots Andrés at a party, he's easy prey - but soon, she might be falling for him, perhaps enough to dump her boyfriend Paco, a small-time cocaine dealer. What if Andrés falls for her? What would he sacrifice to have her? And what about his wife; will she fight to keep him?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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The Lead Fish
Overview: A skeptical marine biology student travels to a remote fishing village with the intention of doing a study on a strange fish called "The lead fish." There, unintentionally, he finds himself involved in a macabre mermaid tale.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-09-16
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The Black Forest
Overview: Sir Hector van Donovan, a brave knight, is preparing to enter the sinister Black Forest to free a beautiful lady. Will he prevail where others have succumbed to horror and death?
Genres: Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Butterfly Wings
Overview: Ami is a 6 year old girl, extremely sensitive. Her mother, Carmen, lives with the obsession of giving a son to her husband, Gabriel. When finally she gets pregnant, the relation between mother and daughter becomes a tragic one, driving the family to an inevitable nightmare.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-10-18
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Las locuras de don Quijote
Overview: An epic journey through Don Quixote's troubled mind, from which five paths to the unknown are opened: to reason, to freedom, to love, to friendship, to adventure; although only three destinations await at the end of an imaginary and audacious existence: the narrative of the adventurous life of Cervantes; the survival of a legendary novel in these heathen times, when the one-armed gentleman is nothing but dust and bones; the memory of the living, writers and scholars, where both the tormented captive and the insane hero, are immortals beings and will be forever.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-10-03
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Holy Goalie
Overview: A young priest coaches a team of uncoordinated monks in order to win a soccer tournament and save their monastery from being turned into a hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-01-05
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Playing with Death
Overview: The family of Eusebio, a sick old man, believes that he has begun to lose his mind and that the stories he tells, which nobody listens to, are those of a crazy person.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-09-24
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Wiped-Out Footprints
Overview: Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite the flame between them. As old secrets are revealed, the villagers must come to terms with their imminent loss and the drowning of their home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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Todo por la pasta
Overview: After a robbery at a bingo hall, the girlfriend of one of the robbers escaped with the help of another woman tries to recover the loot from the raid. The problem is that some cops also want to do with the loot, to finance political assassinations.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-08-14
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A Remarkable Tale
Overview: The residents of an isolated town look to revive their home's identity when a group of foreigners unexpectedly arrive, bringing culture shock with them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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Sirenas
Overview: Antonio saved his own life on a sinking boat. He is deaf and so that he can’t hear the singing of the sirens from the bottom of the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-03-01
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Crime Wave
Overview: Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Akixo
Overview: Akixo is a young man with artistic talent who tries to flee his controlling widowed mother. He spends his time with his friends, drinking and smoking pot in the bars of Vitoria. His cousin will arrive one weekend, ignorant about drugs, but will receive his trial by fire, leaving Akixo more lost and confused than ever.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Las mujeres de Cervantes
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-06-05
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Atilano, presidente
Overview: Atilano Bermejo is a petty crook who gets involved in the scam of his life: to be Prime Minister. His charisma and lack of social concern make him an ideal political candidate for a group of bankers looking for a good public image behind which to hide and disguise their ambitions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-09-24
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Dark Years
Overview: Itziar is eight years old and lives in two very different worlds. On the one hand, the world of her disappointed Basque nationalist parents and, on the other, the religious school, which gives the girl a repressive and retrograde education. However, there is another kind of world, much nicer to Itziar, formed by the street and her friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: eu
Release Date: 1992-02-12
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Dying Every Day
Overview: Blanca is not willing to let her family enjoy a quiet dinner. The conversation is boring and she is irritated by the same old jokes. She knows that things could be different.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Cachito
Overview: A gypsy girl, when her grandmother dies, goes in search of his mother who abandoned her as a baby
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-03-07
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Cuernos de mujer
Overview: Ana works in an office where the things are going very badly. One night after having dinner with nasty rich people, she has a discussion with her husband. He dissapears and then the life of Ana changes: she has incredible luck in gambling.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-04-07
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Zafarinas
Overview: International Award Winning Actor Jorge Sanz, star of the Academy Award© winning picture, "Belle Epoque", stars in this action packed film in which a corporal of the guard is teamed with a young prisoner to solve the strange killings that have occurred in the walled city of Zafarinas. The young team finds themselves plunged into a world of drugs, deceit and passion where they find that all is not what it seems.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-04-20
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Pídele cuentas al rey
Overview: Fidel, an Asturian miner, after the closure of the mine where he works, decides to walk to Madrid with his family, to ask the king why the Constitution is not met, specifically the article that points out that all the Spanish citizens have the right to have a decent work. Will the king receive him?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-02-10
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Carne de gallina
Overview: Good humor and joy reign in the Quirós family, as they are about to receive a fortune that will substantially improve their poor living standards. In addition, for greater happiness, Glorina is going to get married, which means a mouth less to feed, and, to celebrate her wedding, the family has decided to go all out
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-10-26
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El andar del borracho
Overview: Like drunkards, particles in space cannot move in straight lines due to external forces. They are inmersed in an uncontrollable chaos that makes them change their trajectory again and again. Just like elements in nature. Just like big objects. Just like people.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-10-25
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Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
Overview: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Somne
Overview: A group of doctors that investigate the capacities of the human brain and the dreams discover that the reality can be more dangerous that the nightmares.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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La conspiración
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Genres: Thriller History TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-12-01
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The Journey of Arián
Overview: Arián, a young Basque girl, idealistic but naive, joins a ruthless terrorist gang and, hoping to prove her commitment, volunteers to participate in the kidnapping of the daughter of an important businessman.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-05-04
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Menos que cero
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-11-10
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Manos de seda
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-03-05
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El refugio del mal
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-12-20
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Salto al vacío
Overview: Alex is a young woman who resorts to arms and drug trafficking to support her parents and younger brother in 1990s Basque Country. Alex has her life further complicated by her unrequited love for Javi, a member of her criminal gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-03-03
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Witchery deal
Overview: To a give inn town a young man with him girlfriend returns. It is the last member of a family who, without knowing it, is going to fulfill an old curse: to end another family who many years before had killed him relatives. A psychiatrist helps the police to unravel the atrocious crime, in which they are themselves implied ghost and living deads.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Ashes and Dust
Overview: When her grandfather unexpectedly dies, Ane is forced to leave the big city and return to her hometown. Her homecoming leads to a tense reencounter with the women in her family that takes a bizarre turn when she becomes suspicious of the funeral parlour's actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-11-01
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Obaba
Overview: A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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La vuelta del Coyote
Overview: In the mid-19th century, California, a Mexican territory, became part of the United States. Faced with the possibility of being dispossessed of his land by the new authorities, Don César de Echagüe, a Spanish nobleman, asks his son César, a capricious and insufferable fop, for help.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-07-21
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Leo
Overview: Salva working as security guard in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Madrid. There he meets Leo, a girl who makes a living collecting cardboard. Gradually Salva be falling in love for the young, but the life of Leo holds a dark past.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-09-01
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