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Bello recuerdo

1961 · 104 min

A gentle, sentimental melodrama lifted by a child's singing, tugging at the heart with earnest warmth and quiet sadness.

Directed by
Antonio del Amo
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Joselito, Libertad Lamarque, Sara García
Overview
Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance makes Lucy forced to take the child and immediately found in him the son that was kidnapped years ago in America when she was a famous artist.

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Directed by
Antonio del Amo
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Joselito, Libertad Lamarque, Sara García
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • music
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

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drama, music
Directed by
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Written by
Jaime García Herranz
Starring
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Runtime
104 min
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