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Opera Prima(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-04-02
59%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetarian. He loves meat. Many things separate them, but he moves into her apartment.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Spain
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films Molière
Movie: Opera Prima
Top 10 Billed Cast
Óscar Ladoire
Matías
Antonio Resines
León
Kiti Mánver
Ana
Marisa Paredes
Zoila Gómez
El Gran Wyoming
Macarra
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Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetarian. He loves meat. Many things separate them, but he moves into her apartment.
Release Date
1980-04-02
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