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Love for Sale

1951 · 99 min

A gentle, song-filled melodrama that ambles along with old-fashioned charm, mixing romance and a touch of crime.

Directed by
Joaquín Pardavé
Genres
Music
Starring
Fernando Fernández, Meche Barba, Óscar Pulido
Overview
Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.

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Directed by
Joaquín Pardavé
Genres
Music
Starring
Fernando Fernández, Meche Barba, Óscar Pulido
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • identity
  • music
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
music
Directed by
Joaquín Pardavé
Written by
Luis Manrique, Joaquín Pardavé
Starring
Fernando Fernández, Meche Barba, Óscar Pulido, Sara Guasch, Carlos Múzquiz, Pascual García Peña, Freddy Fernández 'El Pichi', Toña la Negra
Music
Sergio Guerrero
Cinematography
Agustín Martínez Solares
Runtime
99 min
Languages
Spanish

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