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The Stepmother (1960)

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Original title
La madrastra
Directed by
Rodolfo Blasco
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widower remarries, bringing a stepmother into his home. The family dynamic shifts as she tries to find her place with his children.

black-and-whitedramaticfamily-focusedemotionalclassicmelodramatic

What happens

La madrastra es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Rodolfo Blasco sobre el guion de Abel Santa Cruz según el cuento de Álvaro Yunque que se estrenó el 15 de septiembre de 1960 y que tuvo como protagonistas a Jorge Salcedo, María Concepción César, Gilda Lousek y Leda Zanda. Fue el primer largometraje dirigido por Rodolfo Blasco, quien alcanzó a dirigir otras dos películas antes de fallecer en un accidente automovilístico el 18 de noviembre de 1961. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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