The Crime of Cuenca (1980)

Original title

El crimen de Cuenca

Directed by

Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

18

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film retells a real miscarriage of justice from early 20th century Spain. Two men are wrongly accused and tortured for a murder they did not commit. The story follows their suffering and the legal corruption behind the case.

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What happens

The Crime of Cuenca (Spanish: El crimen de Cuenca) is a 1980 Spanish drama film directed by Pilar Miró and based on an instance of miscarriage of justice, the Crime of Cuenca, which took place in the early 20th century in the province of Cuenca. El crimen de Cuenca is the title of a book published at the same time by the author of the movie script, (Lola) Salvador Maldonado, in which she recounts the same facts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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