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Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

Irene Azuela
Pina

José María Yázpik
Igor

Cecilia Suárez
Flora

Hayden Meyenberg
Lorenzo

Margarita Sanz
María

Fernando Becerril
Sr. Valdez

Marianna Burelli
Maestra Maribel

Flavio Medina
Sandro
Zaili Sofia Macias
Rosita
Cosmo
Pedro
The Obscure Spring is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of unfaithfulness. Directed by Ernesto Contreras, it stars Irene Azuela, José María Yázpik, Cecilia Suárez. Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.
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