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
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA), Centro de Investigación y Enseñanza Cinematográficas (CIEC) de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Kuikali Producciones
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Top Cast
Alonso Echánove as Israel Ordóñez
Delia Casanova as Clara Zamudio
Ernesto Yáñez as Matilde
Luisa Huertas as Pilar
Top Crew
Arturo Ripstein · Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego · Writer
Lucía Álvarez · Composer
Ángel Goded · Cinematographer
Carlos Puente · Editor
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