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Cristina Guzmán (1943)

Cristina Guzmán poster
Directed by
Gonzalo Delgrás
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates social expectations and personal desires in 1940s Spain. The story follows her struggles with love and duty in a conservative society.

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What happens

Cristina Guzmán is a 1943 Spanish drama film directed by Gonzalo Delgrás and starring Marta Santaolalla, Ismael Merlo and Luis García Ortega. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's dominant film studio of the era. The film is an adaptation of the 1936 novel Cristina Guzmán by Carmen de Icaza which was later remade in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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