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Alone in the Dark is a film of genre Drama directed by José Luis Garci with José Sacristán
Alone in the Dark (1978)
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Add to a movie listSolos en la madrugada (English: "Alone in the Dark") is a 1978 Spanish film written and directed by José Luis Garci, starring José Sacristán and Fiorella Faltoyano. The film built on the success of Garci's previous and successful film Asignatura pendiente, but did not have the same results.
Synopsis
José Miguel García, a thirty-seven years old radio announcer, has achieved professional success with his late-night radio show Solos en la madrugada (Alone in the morning) which is devoted to criticizing the regime of the dictator Francisco Franco.The program has achieved the highest audience in the country. The space, full of irony, is directed to those men and women born during the Spanish civil war or in the years immediately after, whom he accuses of cowardice and failing in a life burdened by the past.Actors
José Sacristán
(José Miguel García Carande)
Emma Cohen
(Mayte Villalba)
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