Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Languages: Spanish
Year: 1991
Vote: 6.5
Festival & Award: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Lovers: A True Story
The showmakers
Overview
Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.
Indie vibes check
True Love, made on a small budget and with a limited distribution, is categorized as an independent film.