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The Widows of Thursdays

The Widows of Thursdays

The dark side of a perfect life

20095.52h 2m

Overview

The closed community of a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident.

Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
Written by Marcelo Figueras, Marcelo Piñeyro, Claudia Piñeiro
Produced by Gerardo Herrero
Box Office0Revenue: $2.6M

Top Cast

Ernesto Alterio

Ernesto Alterio

Martín

Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto

Gustavo

Gloria Carrá

Gloria Carrá

Lala

Ana Celentano

Ana Celentano

Teresa

Camilo Cuello Vitale

Camilo Cuello Vitale

Juan

Pablo Echarri

Pablo Echarri

Tano

Adrián Navarro

Adrián Navarro

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Ronnie

Vera Spinetta

Vera Spinetta

Trina

Gabriela Toscano

Gabriela Toscano

Mavy

Themes & Keywords

tennisswimming poolmurderargentinadead bodycunnilinguseconomic crisisgated community

About The Widows of Thursdays

The Widows of Thursdays is a crime, drama, mystery film released in 2009 exploring themes of tennis, swimming pool, murder, argentina, dead body, cunnilingus. Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, it stars Ernesto Alterio, Juan Diego Botto, Gloria Carrá. The closed community of a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident.

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