El sur
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Spain, France · 1983
1h 35m
Director Víctor Erice
Starring Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icíar Bollaín, Lola Cardona
Genre Drama
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Estrella is a young girl living in the north of Spain with her father, Agustin, and her mother, Julia. Agustin is a doctor with a seemingly mystical power to divine water. Estrella, in awe, is taught by her father this secret power but he refuses to tell her about his childhood in the south of Spain, which hides a dark family secret.
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