The Whore and the Whale

The Whore and the Whale

2004•2h 2m•5.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.2/10(20)

A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War, and of a woman. Her quest for answers brings Vera to the Argentine Patagonia.

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Production

Patagonik, Wanda Visión, Naya Films SA, El Puente Producciones S.A, Programa Ibermedia, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, INCAA, TVE, Canal+ España, ICO

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Emilio

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Vera

Pep Munné

Pep Munné

Jordi

Mercè Llorens

Mercè Llorens

Lola

Martín Caloni

Juanito

Pompeyo Audivert

Pompeyo Audivert

Orestes

Miguel Ángel Solá

Miguel Ángel Solá

Suárez

Nicolás Tognola

El Pibe Pedro

Belén Blanco

Belén Blanco

Matilde

Carola Reyna

Carola Reyna

Meme

Edward Nutkiewicz

Edward Nutkiewicz

Ernesto

Vando Villamil

Vando Villamil

Dr. Zimmerman

Lydia Lamaison

Lydia Lamaison

Matilde

Oscar Núñez

Oscar Núñez

El Pibe Pedro

Oscar Guzmán

Oscar Guzmán

Urondo

Natalia Otero

Prostituta

Nina Krakoff

Prostituta

Coni Marino

Coni Marino

Prostituta

Olga Sokolinskaja

Prostituta

Ricardo Orri

La Foca

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