The Art of Dying

Mar 29, 2000

1h 39m

★ 5.4

If you want to dig up your past… never dig too deep

Overview

Four years after his disappearance, the mysterious case of Nacho, a young and promising painter, is reopened by the police.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Aurum Producciones

Canal+ España

TVE

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Cast

Iván

Fele Martínez

Clara

María Esteve

Nacho

Gustavo Salmerón

Carlos

Adrià Collado

Patricia

Lucía Jiménez

Candela

Elsa Pataky

Ramón

Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Quintana

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Luis

Adolfo Fernández

Clara's Mother

Pepa López

Psychologist

Mónica Cano

Coleague

Paul Zubillaga

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