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Mamá cumple cien años (1979)

Mamá cumple cien años poster
Original title
Mamá cumple 100 años
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France, Spain
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
16
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family gathers to celebrate a matriarch's 100th birthday. Old tensions and secrets come to the surface among the relatives.

whimsicallightheartedmildly eccentricnostalgicplayfulcomedicwrydomestic

What happens

Mama Turns 100 (Spanish: Mamá cumple cien años) is a 1979 Spanish comedy film co-written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a comedy sequel of the drama Ana and the Wolves directed by Saura in 1973. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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