Summary
During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take the same route, and begin to talk about God and the world. They discover that life for both groups has many similarities, as well as a lot of differences.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+10)
Critics 80Audiences 70GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer80%
Audience score72%
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109105Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 42 countries
+32Released
1995
September 3, 1995
31 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyRomanceLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
- Spain
Germany
Cuba
and 1 moreDirecting · 2
- Juan Carlos Tabío Director, Writer
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Eliseo Alberto Writer
Production · 1
- Gerardo Herrero Producer
Camera · 1
- Hans Burmann Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Carmen Frías Editor
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