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Earth (1996)

Earth poster
Original title
Tierra
Directed by
Julio Médem
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Spain
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 54 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An exterminator just out of a mental hospital arrives in a rural town to fight grubs damaging the local wine industry. He gets tangled up with two women from the village, leading to romantic and psychological complications.

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What happens

Earth (Spanish: Tierra) is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Julio Medem, starring Carmelo Gómez and Emma Suárez. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The story centres on a small rural town whose wine industry is being plagued by grubs in the soil. Ángel (played by Gómez), an exterminator recently released from mental hospital, arrives to deal with the pests and becomes involved with two of the local women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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