Movie Drama
Based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a figure famous for her healings and assistance to the poor of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.
Argentina Argentina
Tita Merello José Slavin Hugo Arana Federico Wolff Patricia Castell María José Demare Benita Casol Alejandra Da Passano Adrián Ghío Tina Serrano Fernando Labat Cristina Murta Horacio Nicolai Marta Gam Diana Ingro Marcelo José Jorge Taicher Héctor Gancé Sacha Varó Rey Charol Bernardo Perrone Adriana Parets Sara Bonet Rogelio Romano Inés Murray Carlos Muñoz Onofre Lovero Marta Serra Pettina Gasol Cristina Marta Isabel Giosa Saúl Farlip
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