Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetarian. He loves meat. Many things separate them, but he moves into her apartment.
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Óscar Ladoire, Paula Molina, Antonio Resines, Luis González Regueral, Kiti Mánver, Alejandro Serna, Marisa Paredes, Tony Valento
Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetarian. He loves meat. Many things separate them, but he moves into her apartment.
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Matias meets Violeta, his cousin one morning in Madrid at the Plaza de Opera. He is twenty-five. She is 18. He's a divorced journalist trying to write a thriller. She studies violin. She's a vegetaria…
1h 34m
April 2, 1980
Fernando Trueba
Óscar Ladoire, Paula Molina, Antonio Resines
Comedy, Drama