Movie Drama
Madrid, in the forties. In the post-war period, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to enter the Celia Gámez Company, returns to Madrid after a provincial tour. In the same train travels Luis, undocumented young person to whom Paca allows him to spend the night in the room where she lives with her sick father. Paca's relationship with Julio, a mogul without remorse, offers her financial support, but Luis gives her the tenderness and love she does not have with Julio.
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Concha Velasco Josep Maria Flotats Fernando Fernán Gómez José Orjas Mara Goyanes José Franco José Calvo Mimí Muñoz Goyo Lebrero Amparo Valle Víctor Israel Porfiria Sanchíz Gloria Berrocal Erasmo Pascual Pilar Gómez Ferrer Rafael Conesa Fernando Sánchez Polack Alfonso del Real María de las Rivas Enrique Navarro Tito Medrano María Arias José Riesgo Ana Farra Salvador Orjas Luis Rico Ángel Menéndez Luis Ciges Pilar Vela Antonio Padilla Paco Catalá José Alonso Alfonso Castizo Lázaro Cerezo Mari Cruz Fernández Antonio Orengo Amália Rodrigues Denisse Newman
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