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201772 minPGdocumentary

6.2/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

Gender Equality Relationships

Las cinéphilas

201772 minPGdocumentary

6.2/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

Six women across three cities bond over their shared love of cinema.

Gender Equality Relationships

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María Álvarez

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Six women across three cities bond over their shared love of cinema.

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María Álvarez

María Álvarezdirector

María Álvarez

María Álvarezwriter

Norma Bárbarocast

Estela Claveríacast

Lucía Aguirrecast

Synopsis

Six elderly retired women, two from Buenos Aires, Argentina; two from Montevideo, Uruguay; and two from Madrid, Spain, have something in common, despite their different interests and lives: they go to the movies almost every day.

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