Mexico, 1949. Coral Fabre, a young, buxom and sensual nurse raises her two children alone. She is a fan of the French actor Charles Boyer.Paging through a magazine, Coral discovers an advertisement by Nicolas Estrella in the column for 'lost souls'. He looks like Charles Boyer. In a bout of loneliness, Coral prepares a letter to Estrella and arranges to meet him.
When Carol meets Nico, she is immediately seduced by him. He wants to flee from her. He ends up in her bed, snared by her sensuous odour and generous body. He passes out in the early morning not before spiriting away Coral's savings.
Foreign language, with English subtitles.
No persons under 18 (Sex, Violence, Language)
112 minutes
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| Cast | Daniel Giménez Cacho, Regina Orozco, Marisa Paredes, Verónica Merchant, Julieta Egurrola |
| Director | Arturo Ripstein |
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| SA Distributor | Ster-Kinekor Home Video |