Film

Love Lies

5.019891h 51mDrama

Director: Arturo Ripstein
Year: 1989

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is obsessed with the construction of an enormous model of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. They both decide to leave their respective partners to live together, however, jealousy, blackmail and guilt will become unbreakable patterns destroying their tragic relationship

Top cast

Alonso Echánove

Israel Ordóñez

Delia Casanova

Clara Zamudio

Ernesto Yáñez

Matilde

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Luisa Huertas

Pilar

Fernando Palavicini

Directed by

Arturo Ripstein

Written by

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Produced by

Jaime Casillas, Jacobo Feldman, Marcos Salame