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Lucía, Lucía (2003)

Lucía, Lucía poster
Original title
La hija del caníbal
Directed by
Antonio Serrano
Genre
drama film, romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film, comedy thriller
Country
Mexico, Spain
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
B-15
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's husband disappears on their wedding anniversary. She teams up with an eccentric elderly neighbor and a young stranger to find him. The search leads her into a series of unexpected adventures.

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What happens

Lucía, Lucía (Spanish: La hija del caníbal, lit. 'The Cannibal's Daughter') is a 2003 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Antonio Serrano, based on the 1997 novel La hija del caníbal by Rosa Montero. The film stars Cecilia Roth, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa and Kuno Becker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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