Overview
Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is obsessed with the construction of an enormous model of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. They both decide to leave their respective partners to live together, however, jealousy, blackmail and guilt will become unbreakable patterns destroying their tragic relationship
Movie Info
Release Date: 7/1/1989
Runtime: 111 min
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Writers: Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Top Cast
Alonso Echánove
Israel Ordóñez
Delia Casanova
Clara Zamudio
Ernesto Yáñez
Matilde
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Luisa Huertas
Pilar
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