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Novio, marido y amante (1948)

Novio, marido y amante poster
Directed by
Mario C. Lugones
Genre
comedy film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is pressured into marrying an older man. She then finds herself falling in love with his son.

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What happens

Novio, marido y amante (transl. Boyfriend, husband and lover) is a 1948 Argentine comedy film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Mario C. Lugones and based upon Louis Verneuil's novel Mademoiselle Ma Mere. It premiered on January 22, 1948. The film centers on a young beautiful woman that was forced to marry with an elderly man, but now it falls in love with his son. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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