Maria is a shellfisherwoman and midwife in a small village in the Illa de Arousa in 1970s Galicia. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee to Portugal.
Casts Janet Novás, Siobhan Fernandes, Carla Rivas, Daniela Hernán Marchán, Diego Anido, María Lado, Julia Gómez, José Navarro, Nuria Lestegás, Darío Fernández Raposo
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IMDB 5.4 | Aug , 2019
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IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 2020
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IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 1974
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IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 6.7 | May , 2011
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IMDB 4 | Mar , 2021
He has everything that the destiny wanted and that he has been able to expand: fertile lands as far as the eye can see, cattle, exceptional wines and cigars matured in the long voyages of the boats coming directly from the Caribbean, more precisely from Cuba. He enjoys all this in his rich rural house, with his wife and two children, whom he very much likes, but which sometimes interrupt him to enjoy these pleasures. The disenchantment of the passionate routine always reminds him of the fabled memories of a moment in the past when, unexpectedly, he discovered in a handmaiden the surprising elevation of passion. Until the harlot appears to her at the Estate, untouched by the past fifteen years, purer than before and, even in her eyes, rejuvenated. But married, to a dangerous man.A Tale of Two Sisters
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2003
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IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1990
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IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1991
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IMDB 8.1 | May , 1979
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2000
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2019
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IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 1993
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IMDB 6.8 | May , 1997
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2019
A teacher, in search of inspiration, travels to the most remote school in the world, where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung.Light Sleeper
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1992
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IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2022
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IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 1988
Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...Anomalisa
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2015
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