Playing Parents
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$278920
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1978-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
4
José Luis López Vázquez
Juan
Amparo Soler Leal
Leonor
Isabel Mestres
Ana
Alfonso Zambrano
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Josep Castillo
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Jordi Torras
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Rafael Anglada
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Carme Contreras
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Judith Jamber
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Puri
Alfred Lucchetti
Mercedes Molina
Isabel
Jennifer James
Rebeca Romer
Montserrat Miralles
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