El crack (1981)
Gênero : Drama, Thriller
Runtime : 2H 1M
Director : José Luis Garci
Escritor : José Luis Garci
Sinopse
Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies.
No início do século XX, num bordel parisiense, uma prostituta com o rosto marcado por uma cicatriz ostenta um sorriso trágico. Em torno da mulher que ri, a vida das outras que trabalham no bordel, as suas rivalidades, as suas angústias, as suas dores do mundo exterior, não se sabe nada porque a casa está fechada, mas dentro das suas paredes tudo é possível.
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