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Caín (1984)

Caín poster
Directed by
Gustavo Nieto Roa
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Colombian film retelling the biblical story of Cain and Abel set in 1960s rural Colombia. It follows two brothers who become bitter rivals over a woman. The story is told in flashback.

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What happens

Caín is a 1984 Colombian drama film directed by Gustavo Nieto Roa. The film is based on the eponymous novel by Eduardo Caballero Calderón. The plot, told in retrospect, sets the biblical story of Cain and Abel in 1960s rural Colombia. It follows the bitter rivalry between two brothers over the love of one woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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