Love Lies

Love Lies

111 mins | Drama | July 1, 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

Love Lies

111 mins | Drama | July 1, 1989

Love Lies
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
Producers Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC), Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA), Centro de Investigación y Enseñanza Cinematográficas (CIEC) de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Kuikali Producciones, Producciones Fílmicas Internacionales
Original title Mentiras piadosas
Directors Arturo Ripstein
Writers Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Cast

Alonso Echánove

as Israel Ordóñez

Delia Casanova

as Clara Zamudio

Ernesto Yáñez

as Matilde