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La Dama del mar (1954)

La Dama del mar poster
Original title
La dama del mar
Directed by
Mario Soffici
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman trapped in a stifling marriage to a small-town doctor longs for freedom and the open sea. Her unresolved past resurfaces when a former lover returns, forcing her to choose between duty and her own desires.

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What happens

La Dama del mar is a 1954 black-and-white Argentine film directed by Mario Soffici during the classical era of Argentine cinema. It is based on the play The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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