Werther

This adaptation of Geothe's The Sorrows of Young Werther offers a chilly and remote view of love and its passions. The setting is changed to Spain, and Werther (Eusebio Poncela) has taken a job tutoring the son of an estranged husband and wife. The boy's mother is a surgeon and therefore a rather uncommon woman for her society. She and Werther gradually become romantically involved, and his feelings for her begin to run much deeper than is apparent on the surface.

Director: Pilar Miró

Cast: Eusebio Poncela, Mercedes Sampietro, Féodor Atkine, Vicky Peña, Luis Hostalot, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Miguel Arribas

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