Love Lies

Year: 1989

Runtime: 111 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Arturo Ripstein

Drama

In Mexico City, Clara, a health inspector, and Israel, an herb merchant who is obsessed with building an enormous model of ancient Tenochtitlan, leave their respective partners to live together. Their fragile romance soon unravels as jealousy, blackmail and guilt form an inescapable cycle that destroys their tragic relationship.

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