Summary: A liberal re-tooling of Hans Christian Andersens' tale "The Story of the Mother," which follows a mother's quest through a maze-like forest as she seeks to retrieve her child from Death. this version of the tale is set in a violent and crime filled European city. An aged and powerful magnate is dying. He offers Laura, his young and beautiful mistress, a birthday gift and Laura much prefers that her mother, the Duchess, dies instead. To find her, GM engages the Detective.

AKA: The Detective and Death

Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Country: Spain

Directed By: Gonzalo Suárez

Written By: Hans Christian Andersen, Azucena Rodríguez

Starring: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Héctor Alterio, Carmelo Gómez, Mapi Galán, Francis Lorenzo, Charo López

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