The Motive (2017)
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”A struggling writer causes chaos to find inspiration for his high literature.”
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A Spanish comedy by Manuel Martín Cuenca is about a protagonist with little emotion in his existence who seeks, in the lives of others, something which inspires him. A writer finds his source of inspiration in everyday facts - provoked by himself! The problem is that these conflicts can end up compromising his life. In summary,
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A man obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to write about it.
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