Lovers: A True Story

Lovers: A True Story

1991 · 103 min · ES · NR · 6.6 (50 votes)
Dir. Vicente Aranda · Starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Saturnino García, Enrique Cerro, Mabel Escaño · Music José Nieto

This landlady has more than just rent on her mind

CrimeDramaRomance

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.

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A simmering Spanish drama where youthful romance collides with illicit desire. It's a tale of passion, desperation, and the difficult choices born from love and circumstance, set against a backdrop of societal expectations.

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