Secret Wedding

Aug 18, 1989

1h 36m

★ 7.1

Overview

As an anonymous man, Fermin leaves his underground hideout in the subway. The dictatorship in the country is followed by democracy, but the bright light of it blinds Fermin: he is displaced. At the police station, his anonymity is complete and he doesn't remember his own name. He is fitted with a past of 13 years of illegal political opposition from the police archives. When he keeps silent about the crimes of the dictator regime, he will be a free man. The woman he promised to marry, doesn't recognize him anymore, and thinks he is dead.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Allarts Enterprises

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Cast

Doña Patricia

Floria Bloise

Tota

Mirta Busnelli

Fermín

Tito Haas

Leandro

Elio Marchi

Carlos Roffé

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