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La vida en un hilo (1945)

La vida en un hilo poster
Directed by
Édgar Neville
Genre
comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman reflects on the path not taken in her life. The story explores what might have happened if she had made different choices in love.

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What happens

Life on a Thread (Spanish:La vida en un hilo) is a 1945 Spanish comedy film written, directed and produced by Edgar Neville. Neville later modified the film for the stage, with an adaptation of the same name. It was remade twice, as a Mexican film La engañadora in 1955, directed by José Díaz Morales and as Spanish film titled Una mujer bajo la lluvia in 1992 directed by Gerardo Vera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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