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The Crime of Cuenca (1980) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 89 mins · Spanish
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- Directed by
- Pilar Miró
- Starring
- Fernando Rey, Héctor Alterio, Assumpta Serna, Francisco Merino, Eduardo Calvo, Juan Jesús Valverde
Set in Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, in 1913, two estate workers, Gregorio and León, serving the village mayor—a dominant landowner—are taken into custody and charged with killing José María el Cepa, a shepherd who vanished under mysterious circumstances three years before. The accusation shakes the tight‑knit community, underscoring the landowner’s influence and the lingering mystery of the shepherd’s fate.
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