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1955 | B/N | 100

One stormy night, Ivón and Hugo—perhaps accompanied by Hugo’s son, Carlos—arrive at a hotel in Gijón. They go out to see the rough sea but, soon thereafter, Ivón returns, looking for help because the boy has been dragged out to sea. The body doesn’t turn up though, and the commissioner in charge of the case discovers that many suspicious things had happened at the hotel in the weeks prior to Ivón and Hugo’s arrival. 


Country: España
Direction: Nieves Conde; José Antonio
Script: Blanco; Carlos
Production: Carrillo; Rafael
Photography: Sempere; Francisco
Sound: Carvajal; Alfonso
Music: Asins Arbó; Miguel
Cast:Penella; Emma
Art direction: Pérez Espinosa; Luis, Parrondo; Gil
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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