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The Crime of Cuenca

On 21 August 1910, in the small town of Osa de la Vega, in the province of Cuenca, Jose Maria Grimaldos, known as «El Cepa», is seen on the road to the nearby village of Tresjuncos and then disappears.

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Based on these facts, writer Ramón J. Sender, wrote the novel El lugar de un hombre (The Place of a Man) in 1939 and later, in 1979, Pilar Miro directed the movie based on the story while Maldonado published her book.

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The torture scenes are depicted in great detail and crudity and the movie was initially banned in Spain and the director subjected to military courts martial.

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