Name: La agonía de ser madre
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-10-15
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Marga López, Arturo de Córdova, José Alonso

A first-rate tear-jerker about a wise and saintly matron's struggle to keep her feuding, neurotic family together. I shed a few tears at the sight of so much folly and so much kindness. The memorable line is "It is so easy to be happy". The message is that pride and pettiness prevent people from enjoying each other.

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