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Valencia, Spain, in the early 1950s. Salvador and María, two unfortunate people, meet by chance when she takes shelter from the rain at the Oriente Cinema, where he works as a manager.
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Anabel Alonso Pepe Rubianes Josep Maria Pou Enrique Villén Joan Dalmau Marta Fernández Muro Patricia Mendy Pep Molina Manel Dueso Enric Casamitjana Josefina Güell Marta Dualde Berta Ojea Toni Miñana Maribel Altés Iván Fernández Damià Barbany Lucio Romero Adolfo Puerta Joaquín Gómez Concha Redondo Celso Fernández Lluís Ferrer
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