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THE DETECTIVE AND DEATH

El detective y la muerte

Directed by Gonzalo Suárez
Spain, 1994
Thriller
  • 108108 minutes

Synopsis

A modern-day, surreal take on Hans Chritsian Andersen’s The Story of a Mother, this version charts a nightmarish odyssey across a nameless European city wrecked by crime and racial violence, with an unscrupulous business magnate holding the power to grant or deny life.

Synopsis

A modern-day, surreal take on Hans Chritsian Andersen’s The Story of a Mother, this version charts a nightmarish odyssey across a nameless European city wrecked by crime and racial violence, with an unscrupulous business magnate holding the power to grant or deny life.