The Obscure Spring

The Obscure Spring

6.9IMDb Score
Released:2014-10-21
Genre:Drama
Duration:100 min
Country:Mexico
Director:Ernesto Contreras
Actors:Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez, Hayden Meyenberg, Margarita Sanz
Production:Agencia SHA, Alebrije Producciones, Lady Leonor Producciones

Overview:

Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

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