Luz's Motives (1985)
Genre : Drama, History, Crime
Runtime : 1H 36M
Director : Felipe Cazals
Synopsis
Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach the Heaven.
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