The Sea

The Sea

2000 · 108 min · ★ 6.4 · War, Drama

Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.

Directed by Agustí Villaronga · Written by Agustí Villaronga

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