Waiting for the Hearse
1985 · 87 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 7,709 VOTES · DIR. Alejandro Doria
Overview
Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family meets one day to celebrate an anniversary meal, and that is when the problem arises: which of them will take care of her?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,484 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:17 WAITING FOR THE HEARSE
00:05:21 What did you think?
00:09:16 Listen, are you aware of the work it takes to run a house?
00:12:26 If she needs a nurse to take care of her, we could all pay our share.
00:16:19 - Why do you say that? - Because my brother in law said
00:19:47 Hey, bus! Stop!
00:23:59 <Emilia, she lives in a hut, and ever since her husband died...
00:27:55 that's because her father died before she was conceived.
00:31:28 they're tough. I don't know. Maybe it was the mineral water
00:34:34 Unfortunately, I'm not sensitive, I'm hyper-sensible.
00:38:02 - What is it with you? - Go to the kitchen!
00:41:18 As if you were hiding some horrible secret!
00:44:30 - Oldish. - Her clothes?
00:47:56 How dare you say something like that?
00:53:11 but she's only 15, a baby.
00:56:31 When he drank he got bad. He used to hit me.
00:59:40 Susana was making mayonnaise...
01:03:05 It hurts so much! So much!
01:07:32 talent for French? She was talented in all walks of life!
01:10:56 Where's Matilde?
01:14:24 You don't fool around with people's feelings, you know?
01:17:24 Now, 4 hours into the wake, your people phoned us
01:20:59 - Can you doubt it? - What's the good of living?
01:24:27 in Dominga's house, remember her?
Cast & Characters
Luis Brandoni
Antonio Musicardi
China Zorrilla
Elvira Romero de Musicardi
Antonio Gasalla
Mamá Cora
Julio De Grazia
Jorge Musicardi
Betiana Blum
Nora de Musicardi
Mónica Villa
Susana de Musicardi
Juan Manuel Tenuta
Sergio Musicardi
Andrea Tenuta
Matilde Musicardi
Cecilia Rossetto
Dominga
Enrique Pinti
Felipe
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,484
Dialogue density17.1 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line01:24:27
Production Record
DirectorAlejandro Doria
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes7,709