The Lighthouse
1998 · 109 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama
Two Argentine sisters, Memé and Aneta, lose their mother in a car crash. Memé, the elder, is also left lame with one badly scarred leg. The orphaned girls go to Uruguay to stay with their aunts. The sisters often bicker, but they are actually very close. Memé flirts but has no luck with boys because of her injury... On their own now, Memé works as a waitress where she gets to know Andy. Returning to Montevideo, they meet Dolores, a friend of their late mother. Memé's affair with a man complicates her relationship with her sister. Then Andy invites the pair to his seaside retreat, a lighthouse.
Directed by Eduardo Mignogna · Written by Eduardo Mignogna
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Ingrid Rubio Carmela / Memé -
Ricardo Darín Andy -
Norma Aleandro Dolores -
Jimena Barón Aneta chica -
Florencia Bertotti Aneta grande -
Mariano Martínez Javier -
Norberto Díaz Fernando - I Ina Casares
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Jorge Marrale Miguel -
Roberto Vallejos - N Norberto Bertolini
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