Buscando una sonrisa (1972) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1972 · 85 mins · Spanish

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Directed by

Rubén Galindo

Starring

Fernando Luján, José José, Nadia Milton

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.