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Aunt Alejandra is a film of genre Drama directed by Arturo Ripstein with Isabela Corona

Aunt Alejandra (1979)

Aunt Alejandra
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Length 1h38
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Genres Drama,    Horror
Rating69% 3.485093.485093.485093.485093.48509

La Tía Alejandra (Aunt Alejandra) is a Mexican horror film of 1979, starring by Isabela Corona.

Synopsis

The plot is based on the arrival of Aunt Alejandra to a familiar household consisting of two parents and three children. A woman who is loving, in principle, suffers severe mood swings and strange things happen in her room quite regularly and that seems to be surrounded by an aura of mystery. Rejected by the eldest child, she only serves to bring misfortune to them since coming home. Auntie has a fortune that will surely help her relatives, but really begins to destroy the whole family with diabolical acts, and attempts to teach children witchcraft. When one of the children mocks her, she caused his death. When her nephew dismisses of his house, she chokes him in his own bed. When the older girl burns her face, Alejandra burns an entire room with the girl inside. Only surviving Lucía, the wife, and her young daughter, but she seems to have learned the secrets of Alejandra.

Actors

Isabela Corona
Diana Bracho
Manuel Ojeda
María Rebeca

(Martita)
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