El Crimen del Capitán Sánchez
Director: Vicente Aranda
Genre: Crime Fiction, Drama
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Victoria Abril, Maribel Verdú
Captain Sánchez’s Crime (Spanish: El Crimen del Capitán Sánchez) is a 1985 Spanish drama film, made for TV in 16 mm and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Fernado Guillén, Victoria Abril and José Cerro. The film is based on a real crime which occurred in Madrid in 1913.
Madrid, 1913. Manuel Sánchez, a widower with six children and an elderly father, struggles to support his large family with his meager salary as member of the Spanish army. His passion for gambling does not help his dire circumstances. Manuel's eldest daughter, Maria Luisa, works ironing in a factory. Father and daughter supplement their income skimming out money and jewelry from unsuspected men who they trap in a relationship with the daughter in order to demand money to repair her honor.
Father and daughter also have an incestuous relationship that has been going on for years. While at the casino in the company of his father, Maria Luisa meets Rodrigo Garcia Jalón, a rich old widower. Jalón, who is also a gambler, is smitten by Maria Luisa and begins to entice the young man into a relationship with him. He offers to provide for her generously if she becomes his lover. Maria Luisa sees the possibility of a life
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