A Family Love Story

A Family Love Story

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2017•61 min•Documentary
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Ana Benítez Muro
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José Benítez Muro
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Ana Muro Merino
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Patricia Benítez Muro
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David Palomino Serrano
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Jorge Palomino Benítez
There are promises that are impossible to keep. My uncle José made such a promise as a child in 1963 to my mother Ana Luisa, to whom he declared a special kind of devotion. There are always bonds like this between siblings establishing mysterious complicites. This is what José declared to little Ana Luisa: "The day that you die, I´m going to die with you".
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