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In Memoriam (film)
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Wikipedia article
'In Memoriam' is the 1977 Spanish directorial debut of Enrique Bras. The film is based on a story by the Argentine writer, Adolfo Bioy Casares.Lara, Fernando. 'Enrique Bras, una vida para el cine'. El Mundo. 11 December 2009 The film explores the thwarted romance between Julio (Jos Luis Gmez) and Paulina (Geraldine Chaplin). Bras collaborated with Chaplin again, as a writer in 'In the City Without Limits' (2002) and 'Oculto' (2005). 'In Memoriam' was released in Spain on 2 September 1977.
Plot
In pre-war Madrid, Julio, a shy writer fails to communicate his feelings towards Paulina, the woman he loves. She instead becomes involved with another writer who has no issue with communicating his feelings. A heartbroken Julio leaves Madrid for Cambridge but is shocked at what he discovers when he returns. The shocking truth is that Paulina has been dead for many years, murdered by her lover in a jealous rage after seeing Julio off on his journey to Cambridge.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091109190257/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/24509/In-Memoriam/overview In Memoriam (1976)] The New York Times. 14 August 2011
Cast
*Geraldine Chaplin as Paulina Arevalo
*Jos Luis Gmez as Julio Montero
*Eduardo Calvo as Senor Segreras
*Emilio Fornet
References
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