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What Couples Do (2019)

What Couples Do poster
Original title
Los Helechos
Directed by
Antolín Prieto
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Peru
Runtime
1h 27m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Several couples in Peru deal with everyday entanglements in their relationships. The film was made using theater-style improvisation techniques.

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What happens

What Couples Do (Spanish: Los helechos - Enredos de parejas, lit. 'The ferns - Entanglements of couples') is a 2018 Peruvian comedy-drama film directed by Antolín Prieto (in his directorial debut) and written by Prieto & Fernanda Gutiérrez . The film uses the improvisation technique commonly seen in the theater, making it the first Peruvian film to use it. It stars Nuria Frigola Torrent, Miguel Vargas, Pedro Kanashiro, Fernanda Gutierrez, Fernando Neyra, Mariana Palau and Pold Gastello. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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