Maruja in Hell (1983)

Original title

Maruja en el infierno

Directed by

Francisco Lombardi

Genre

drama film

Country

Peru

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman trapped in a cycle of poverty and abuse fights to survive in the slums of Lima. The film follows her desperate struggle against a brutal husband and a society that offers no escape.

bleaktenseslow-burnmelancholicvisceralharrowinggrittyoppressive

What happens

Maruja in Hell (Spanish: Maruja en el infierno) is a 1983 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It is based on the novel No una, sino muchas muertes by Peruvian writer Enrique Congrains. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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