The Whore and the Whale

Apr 1, 2004

2h 2m

★ 5.2

Overview

A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for answers brings Vera to the Argentine Patagonia.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Patagonik

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Cast

Emilio

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Vera

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Jordi

Pep Munné

Lola

Mercè Llorens

Juanito

Martín Caloni

Orestes

Pompeyo Audivert

Suárez

Miguel Ángel Solá

El Pibe Pedro

Nicolás Tognola

Matilde

Belén Blanco

Meme

Carola Reyna

Ernesto

Edward Nutkiewicz

Dr. Zimmerman

Vando Villamil

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