A Good Death Beats a Dull Life (2006)
Better a good death than a bad life
Genre : Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Runtime : 2H 0M
Director : Busi Cortés
Writer : Consuelo Garrido, Busi Cortés
Synopsis
The women of a prosperous provincial family hide unsuspected secrets which range from the entanglements of love to murder for mercy or for greed. The story of these eccentric women combines love, potions, black humor and death.
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