The Whore and the Whale (2004)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 2H 2M
Director : Luis Puenzo
Synopsis
A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for answers brings Vera to the Argentine Patagonia.
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