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To an Unknown God is a film of genre Drama directed by Jaime Chávarri with Héctor Alterio

To an Unknown God (1977)

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Length 1h44
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Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.1378353.1378353.1378353.1378353.137835

To an Unknown God (Spanish: A un dios desconocido) is a 1977 Spanish film directed by Jaime Chávarri. The film is about an aging man coming to terms with his homosexuality and mortality. It was a pioneer in his frank and mature examination of homosexuality.

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José, a middle age magician, is an elegant discreet homosexual who lives alone and has an occasional affair with Miguel, a young politician who finds it more convenient in Madrid's high society to marry than assert his homosexuality. José is a man romantically possessed and obsessed by his childhood in Granada during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the spring of 1936.

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