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City of the Blind (1991)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 27M

Director : Alberto Cortés

Synopsis

Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which they are carried out ten stories, mixed, form one whose only constant is the rupture. The passage of time and the outside world only guess through the windows and objects that come with the characters. The set is a great solitude, possible in a city of the blind.

Actors

Gabriela Roel
Gabriela Roel
Socorro
Silvia Mariscal
Silvia Mariscal
Señora Sandoval
Claudia Fernández
Claudia Fernández
Leonor
Claudette Maillé
Claudette Maillé
Lourdes
Verónica Merchant
Verónica Merchant
Raquel
Roberto Sosa
Roberto Sosa
Salvador
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Teo
Luis Felipe Tovar
Luis Felipe Tovar
Piter
Rita Guerrero
Rita Guerrero
Maricela
Dobrina Liubomirova
Dobrina Liubomirova
Fanny
Arcelia Ramírez
Arcelia Ramírez
Mara
Fernando Balzaretti
Fernando Balzaretti
Licenciado Sandoval

Crews

Alberto Cortés
Alberto Cortés
Director
Carlos Marcovich
Carlos Marcovich
Director of Photography
José Agustín
José Agustín
Writer
Hernann Bellinghaussen
Hernann Bellinghaussen
Writer
Alberto Cortés
Alberto Cortés
Writer
Marcela Fuentes-Berain
Marcela Fuentes-Berain
Writer
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer
Silvia Tomasa Rivera
Silvia Tomasa Rivera
Writer

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