The Obscure Spring

Name: The Obscure Spring
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014-10-21
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez, Hayden Meyenberg

Las oscuras primaveras

2014 · 1h 40m · Drama · Mexico · Rated 18 (GB)

Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

Directed by

Ernesto Contreras

Written by

Carlos Contreras

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Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez, Hayden Meyenberg

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dead end jobhidden passionmarital infidelitysingle motherspringstrangers to loversunfaithfulness

Rating18 (GB)

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