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Playing Parents

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Comedy

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Leonor and Juan are a united couple of good standing that cannot have children. They want to adopt one but do not succeed because he is too old. Leonor proposes Juan an audacious plan: having a child with another woman, offering her a significant amount of money if she renunciates to the child. As it is very difficult to find the girl, they publish an advertisement in the press. Ana finally applies, as she has no job and lives far away from his family, so she accepts the deal.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$278920

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

01 January 1978

Country

Spain

Cast

José Luis López Vázquez

José Luis López Vázquez

Juan

Amparo Soler Leal

Amparo Soler Leal

Leonor

Isabel Mestres

Isabel Mestres

Ana

Alfonso Zambrano

Alfonso Zambrano

Pedro

Josep Castillo

Josep Castillo

Doctor

Jordi Torras

Jordi Torras

Notario

Rafael Anglada

Rafael Anglada

Vicente

Carme Contreras

Carme Contreras

Pepa

Rosa Morata

Rosa Morata

Petrus

Judith Jamber

Judith Jamber

Virtudes

Julia Caballero

Julia Caballero

Puri

Alfred Lucchetti

Alfred Lucchetti

Mercedes Molina

Mercedes Molina

Isabel

Jennifer James

Jennifer James

Rebeca Romer

Rebeca Romer

Montserrat Miralles

Montserrat Miralles

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