Waiting for the Hearse

1985 · 87 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 7,709 VOTES · DIR. Alejandro Doria

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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

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