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Film · 10 connectionsAn unemployed executive is forced to sell his apartment. When he discovers that he still has the keys, he becomes obsessed with the family that now lives there and decides to recover the life he has lost, at any price.
Directed byDavid Pastor, Àlex Pastor
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