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Love to Keep (A)

Country: Spain, Language: Spanish, 98 mins

Original Title

Electroshock
  • Director: Juan Carlos Claver
  • Writer: Juan Carlos Claver; Agustín Madariaga
  • Producer: Juan Carlos Claver; Xavier Crespo

CGiii Comment

Lesbians in the Franco's Spain - you just know it's not going to be a happy story.

Institutionalisation and electroshock therapy - and it's not subtle.

It's a TV movie with cheap production values - a sledgehammer on the kneecap sort of approach.

But...it certainly drives home the message.

And, for those with a softer heart - you'll be blubbing by the end.

Not bad at all.


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The(ir) Blurb...

2 teachers fall in love at a time when it is a crime to be homosexual. One teacher's mother has her committed to a psychiatric hospital. When the lovers reunite, they must deal with the after effects of years of electroshock therapy.

Cast & Characters

Carme Elias as Pilar;
Susi Sanchez as Elvira;
Julieta Serrano as Carmela;
Juli Mira as Fernando;
Sergio Caballero as Mario;
Alvaro Baguena;
Toni Sevilla as Inspector Oltra;
Juan Fernandez as Dr. Gurendez;
Ximo Solano;
Juli Canto;
Empar Canet;
Alejandro Jornet;
Pep Ricart;
Ines Diaz;
Marta Gutierrez