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"Ella olvida su historia, él escribe un nuevo capítulo."

2024

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An 80-year-old man faces his wife’s Alzheimer’s and learns that love isn’t tied to memory, but reshaped in every moment together.

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Dante Venesio

Jorge

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Rosaura Baduña

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Soffia Lo Gatto

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