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Young Cain(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-10-05
65%
4 Votes
Time: 2h 2m
Overview:
Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Venezuela
ProductionCompanies:
Allegro Films (VE)
Producciones Alfil
Movie: Young Cain
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rafael Briceño
Luis Gerardo Tovar
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Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.
Release Date
1959-10-05
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6.5
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