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"Antonieta"
1982
Directed by Carlos Saura
Set in the early 20th
century and contemporary France, this brooding drama stars Isabelle Adjani
as Antonieta Rivas Mercado, the famed Mexican writer who died inside
Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. Intrigued by the story of her death, a Parisian
novelist (Hanna Schygulla) sets out to learn why the talented writer chose
to commit suicide at the legendary cathedral. Director Carlos Saura cuts
between past and present in an engrossing and mysterious dramatic film.
Spanish with English subtitles. 108
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