223:. The film follows a woman and her stepdaughter who come to suspect a handyman they have recently hired is responsible for a rash of violent murders in their small mountain community. Marisol's first film in which she does not perform musical numbers. The only brief exception is a moment in which the three protagonists perform a verse of the song Au clair de la lune on guitar, in which Marisol sings a single verse. The film was Marisol's first film apart from Manuel Goyanes. Anabel Films founder and producer, actor Javier Armet, developed an original idea from Santiago Montcada to produce this high-budget, international film (number 7 in the USA). It was filmed outdoors in Comillas (Cantabria) and Las Fraguas (Cantabria) and indoors at Isasi Isasmendi's Esplugas Films Studios in Esplugas de Llobregat (Barcelona).
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assuming Barney to be the murderer, joins in, also stabbing him multiple times in the back and chest. A nude Barney stumbles through the house, falling down the staircase, and ultimately dies of his wounds. Ruth and Chris clarify their story, framing the murder as a self-defense killing. En route to the police station, the women learn that the murderer has been apprehended, and realize to their horror that Barney was not the killer.
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and other family heirlooms. Later that night, Ruth and Chris bury Barney's corpse at a construction site where a road is being built. The women watch from a distance the following morning as the crew pave over the location where Barney's body has been hidden. A short time later, while Ruth and Chris lounge by the swimming pool, the construction crew notice a
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live with Ruth in their large country home. Shortly after, Barney
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