Halley

Nov 1, 2012

1h 24m

★ 5.7

Overview

Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world, whilst forming an unusual friendship with Luly, the manager of the 24-hour gym where he works as a night guard.

Genres

Horror

Drama

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Simplemente

Mantarraya Producciones

Piano

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Cast

Alberto

Alberto Trujillo

Luly

Lourdes Trueba

Mortuario

Hugo Albores

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