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El Intruso (1999)

El Intruso poster
Directed by
Guillermo Álvarez
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A couple flees urban violence for a quiet village. When the woman's lover is found dead, the two accuse each other. The local judge struggles to make sense of the case.

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What happens

El intruso ("the Intruder") is a 1999 Colombian film that was produced, written, directed by, and starred Guillermo Álvarez. The plot revolves around a couple who leave town and its violence to move to a small village, and are then investigated after the discovery of the body of the woman's lover. The couple blame each other for the crime. The circumstances leave everyone confused, including the judge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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