A Family Like Many Others

A Family Like Many Others

1949 · 130 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.

Directed by Alejandro Galindo · Written by Alejandro Galindo

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