CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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The Bride posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2015 1h 33m ESP

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Bride

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Leonardo, The Groom and The Bride have been an inseparable triangle since they were kids, but Leonardo and The Bride possess an invisible, ferocious, unbreakable thread. The years go by and she, in anguish, is getting prepared for her wedding with The Groom in the middle of the white desert where she lives with her father. The day before the ceremony, a beggar knocks on her door and offers her a present and a piece of advice: "Don't get married if you don't love him", while she gives her two crystal daggers. The Bride's body shudders.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Inma Cuesta

Inma Cuesta

Novia

Álex García

Álex García

Leonardo

Asier Etxeandia

Asier Etxeandia

Novio

Luisa Gavasa

Luisa Gavasa

Madre

Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa

Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa

Padre

Ana Fernandez

Ana Fernandez

Vecina

Consuelo Trujillo

Criada

María Alfonsa Rosso

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