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Love Lies (1989)

Original title: Mentiras piadosas

1989-07-01 · 1h 51m · ES
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Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is obsessed with the construction of an enormous model of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. They both decide to leave their respective partners to live together, however, jealousy, blackmail and guilt will become unbreakable patterns destroying their tragic relationship

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Arturo RipsteinDirectorPaz Alicia GarciadiegoWriter

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Alonso EchánoveAlonso EchánoveIsrael OrdóñezDelia CasanovaDelia CasanovaClara ZamudioErnesto YáñezErnesto YáñezMatildeFernando PalaviciniFernando Palavicini

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference272961Actor preference256164 · 520326 · 407956Country preferenceMxDecade preference1980

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What is Love Lies about?

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is obsessed with the construction of an enormous model of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. They both decide to leave their respective partners to live together, however, jealousy, blackmail and guilt will become unbreakable patterns destroying their tragic relationship

How long is Love Lies?

Love Lies has a runtime of 111 minutes.