Year: 1972
Runtime: 85 mins
Language: Spanish
Director: Rubén Galindo
José, a cartoonist and engineering student, bowls with a hippie friend when he learns his mother—a jewelry shop employee—has died. After the funeral he recalls falling for blond Carla on a beach, but ends the romance after learning she is rich and he cannot pay a traffic ticket. Depressed, José roams the city planning suicide, but is hit by Carla’s car, and the close call reunites them.
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