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Piranhas Love in Lent is a film of genre Drama directed by Francisco del Villar with Isela Vega
Piranhas Love in Lent (1969)
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Add to a movie listLas Pirañas aman en Cuaresma (English: The Piranhas love in Lent) is a 1969 Mexican drama film.
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After the death of her husband who is devoured by sharks, Eulalia (Isela Vega) along with her daughter Mirta (Ofelia Medina), as two fisherwomen, are rejected by the people in their village, whom she calls "piranhas". A local painter decides to approach them with the purpose of seducing them.Actors
Isela Vega
(Eulalia / Mother)
Ofelia Medina
(Milta / Daughter)
Julio Alemán
(Raúl / Painter)
Gonzalo Vega
Macaria
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