The Impatient Alchemist

May 17, 2002

1h 51m

★ 5.2

Overview

The body of a naked man tied to a bed appears in a roadside motel. Sergeant Ruben Bevilacqua (Vila) and his colleague Virginia Chamorro assigned to investigate the case, which is especially delicate because Trinidad Soler, the dead, is a nuclear engineer and have sparked alarmist speculation in the press.

Genres

Thriller

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Cast

Virginia Chamorro

Ingrid Rubio

Rubén 'Vila' Bevilacqua

Roberto Enríquez

Davila

Chete Lera

Blanca Diez

Adriana Ozores

Zaldívar

Miguel Ángel Solá

Ochaita

Jordi Dauder

Patricia Zaldívar

Mariana Santángelo

Sobredo

Carlos Blanco

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