''La abuela'' ( en, The grandmother) is a 1981
Colombia
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drama film
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directed by
Leopoldo Pinzón. The plot follows a traditional well to do decadent family in
Bogotá
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ruled by a domineering grandmother who only loves her favorite grandson. The film was based on a popular Colombian
soap opera
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of the same name.
[Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano, ''Largometrajes Colombianos En Cine y Video: 1915-2004'' p. 98]
Cast
* Teresa Gutierrez as Brigida Paredes "La abuela"
* Lucero Galindo as Victoria
* José Saldarriaga as Hernancito
* Gloria Gómez as Libertad
* Ana Mojica as Zenobia
References
Citations
Sources
*Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano. Nieto, Jorge (edit), ''Largometrajes Colombianos En Cine y Video: 1915-2004'', Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano, Ministerio de Cultura, 2006,
1981 films
Colombian drama films
Films set in Colombia
1980s Spanish-language films
1981 drama films
Spanish-language drama films
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