The House of the Angel

★★★★★

Original title: La casa del ángel

1957 · 1 h 16 min

Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Drama

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Cast

Elsa Daniel Lautaro Murúa Berta Ortegosa Bárbara Mujica Yordana Fain Guillermo Battaglia

Credits

Written by: Beatriz Guido

Plot

A sheltered teenage girl, Ana, in a strict upper-class Buenos Aires family of the 1920s, has her first sexual encounter with a politician, in a gothic study of repression and religion.

Sinekatalog’s take

A gothic and stylish study of repression.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (535 votes)
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