Lovers: A True Story

This landlady has more than just rent on her mind

Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.

1991

Crime·Drama·Romance

1h 43min

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Top Billed Cast

Victoria Abril
Luisa
Jorge Sanz
Paco
Maribel Verdú
Trini
Saturnino García
Pueblerino
Enrique Cerro
Comandante
Mabel Escaño
Esposa Comandante
Alicia Agut
Madre Trini
José Cerro
Minuta
Gabriel Latorre
Gordo
Ricard Borràs
Individuo Bar (as Ricard Borrás)
Lucas Martín
Javier
Jorge Juan García
Ignacio
Cosme Cortázar
Capataz
Carmen Ibarra
Mujer Estanco
Fernando Hernández
Hombre Estanco

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