El Final

El Final

1995 · 10 min · ★ 8.0

A husband-and-wife team of screenwriters argue and imagine possible endings for the telenovela they're writing. They project their frustrations onto the characters, and a struggle erupts between man and woman, between fiction and reality.

Directed by Augusto Cabada · Written by Augusto Cabada

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