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    Muerte de un ciclista

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    Spanish poster of the movie Death of a Cyclist
    1955     Drama    
    Spain/Italy
    1h 28min
    Original language: Spanish

    Maria Jose (Lucia Bose) is a beautiful woman whose husband Miguel (Otello Toso) is a wealthy and powerful businessman. Juan (Alberto Closas) is a mathematics instructor at a Spanish college who is distantly related to Miguel, and owes his position to Miguel's influence. Juan was also Maria Jose's boyfriend when they were younger, and now they're carrying on an affair behind Miguel's back. One night, while driving home from an assignation, Juan and Maria Jose accidentally run over a man on a bicycle; the stranger quickly dies, and the lovers speed away rather than deal with the consequences. But over the next few days, Juan's conscience begins to bother him, and finds it hard to bear the knowledge that he took another man's life. Maria Jose is also troubled, but for different reasons; Rafa (Carlos Casaravilla), a devious socialite, infers to Maria Jose that he knows about her secret life, but she's not certain he he's just speaking about her infidelity or her role in the cyclist's death.

    Directed byJuan Antonio Bardem
    Written byJuan Antonio Bardem, Luis Fernando de Igoa
    CompanyJanus FilmsJanus FilmsJanus Films

    Starring

    Lucia Bosé
    Alberto Closas
    Bruna Corrà
    Carlos Casaravilla
    Otello Toso
    Alicia Romay
    Julia Delgado Caro
    Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
    Mercedes Albert
    José Sepúlveda
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