The Obscure Spring

2014 1h 40m ES

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 98

Drama

Synopsis

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Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Irene Azuela
Pina
José María Yázpik
Igor
Cecilia Suárez
Flora
Hayden Meyenberg
Lorenzo
Margarita Sanz
María
Fernando Becerril
Sr. Valdez
Marianna Burelli
Maestra Maribel
Flavio Medina
Sandro

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ernesto Contreras
Writers: Carlos Contreras
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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ERA

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Directed by Ernesto Contreras, shot by Tonatiuh Martínez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Valentina Leduc Navarro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Irene Azuela and José María Yázpik and Cecilia Suárez carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2360310 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ernesto Contreras directs. Tonatiuh Martínez behind the camera. Valentina Leduc Navarro cuts. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Ernesto Contreras, shot by Tonatiuh Martínez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Valentina Leduc Navarro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Irene Azuela and José María Yázpik and Cecilia Suárez carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt2360310 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.