A Love to Keep

A Love to Keep

98 mins | Drama, Romance | March 19, 2006

Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.

A Love to Keep

98 mins | Drama, Romance | March 19, 2006

A Love to Keep
Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined in a clinic for mental diseases, where she is heavily abused, the main treatment been electroshocks. After Franco's fall, and the change of things, she is free to return to her home, under the surveillance of her mother. Her father, more compassionate, helps her escape and find her lover. But the years of been under electroshocks have damaged her health, and make it impossible to live a normal life.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Dacsa Produccions, Zip Films, Kines Producciones
Original title Electroshock
Directors Mireia Hidalgo, Brendan Geraghty, Bárbara Atienza, Juan Carlos Claver
Writers Agustín Madariaga, Juan Carlos Claver

Cast

Carme Elias

as Pilar

Susi Sánchez

as Elvira

Julieta Serrano

as Carmela

Juli Mira

as Fernando

Sergio Caballero

as Mario

Toni Sevilla

as Inspector Oltra

Juan Fernández

as Dr. Guréndez

Gema Presa

as Young lady