Movie: La dedicatoria

Top 3 Billed Cast

Manuel Contreras
Manuel Contreras

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Daniel Giménez Cacho

Claudia Lobo
Claudia Lobo

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    La dedicatoria

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    A wife walks out on her husband. While he waits for her to return, the husband watches television, drives aimlessly around the city and writes letters to her. He meets her at a bar and gives her the letters in the hope that she will read them and come back to him. After a few days the wife returns. The man goes back to the bar and finds that his wife had left the letters there.

  • Release Date

    1992-10-19

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    Español

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