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La otra/The Other One
MEXICO · 1946

La otra/The Other One

Roberto Gavaldón
identity swap class difference twin sisters social aspiration deception
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Synopsis

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

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