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Five Forks (1979) [N/A]

Featuring:
Concha Velasco, José Sazatornil, Rafael Alonso

Written by:
Esmeralda Adam
Manuel Ruiz Castillo

Directed by:
Fernando Fernán Gómez


Release Date:
January 1, 1979

Original Title:
Cinco tenedores

Alternate Titles:
Cinco Tenedores

Genres:
Comedy

Ratings / Certifications:
RO: 18 

Runtime: 90

Overview from TheMovieDB

Aurelio and Maruja are a couple who has a fancy restaurant. Both have to take care of his godson Miguel as his father, the cook of the restaurant, flees from justice after having killed his wife because she was unfaithful. Miguel, a handsome young man, tricks Maruja and leaves her pregnant.

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Overview from Open Movies

Aurelio and Maruja are a married couple who run their own luxury restaurant, as well as being part of a select club of hunters. The restaurant cook is a fugitive from justice after having murdered his wife for adultery and now the couple has to take care of his son, Miguel, who is also their godson. Maruja welcomes him as if he were the child she had not been able to have, but soon that maternal love turns into something that has consequences.

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Rankings and Honors

Five Forks (1979) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.9/10

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Production

Director:
Fernando Fernán Gómez

Writer:
Esmeralda Adam García
Manuel Ruiz Castillo

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