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El regreso

1950 · 71 min

A somber, quietly strange moral fable that unfolds slowly, asking you to sit with a man's reckoning.

Directed by: Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Guillermo Battaglia, Santiago Gómez Cou, Ilde Pirovano

Overview: A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.

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Directed by: Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Guillermo Battaglia, Santiago Gómez Cou, Ilde Pirovano

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
guilt
morality
death
love
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, fantasy
Directed by: Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Written by: Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Starring: Guillermo Battaglia, Santiago Gómez Cou, Ilde Pirovano, María Concepción César, Horacio O'Connor, Jaime Andrada, Arturo Arcari, Graciliano Batista
Music: Bernardo Stalman, Adolfo Soifer
Cinematography: Roque Giaccovino
Runtime: 71 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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