The Segua

– Encarnacion is a beautiful villager and Petronila is her jealous, evil nemesis. When Petronila's lov..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
1985
Original Name:
La segua
The Segua (1985) - Also known as La segua

Encarnacion is a beautiful villager and Petronila is her jealous, evil nemesis. When Petronila's love interest, a fetching young Spanish lieutenant, starts to fall for Encarnacion, Petronila gets even by simply destroying his sanity with a vile potion. Petronila begins to delude Encarnacion with suggestions that she is actually a "segua" or a female spirit that attacks men.

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Release Date:

01 Mar 1985

Language:

Spanish

Director:

Antonio Yglesias

Writer:

Óscar Castillo, Alberto Cañas (play), Alberto Cañas (screenplay), Sidney Field, Antonio Yglesias

Main Actors:

Isabel Hidalgo, Blanca Guerra, Óscar Castillo, Ana Poltronieri

Plot:

La segua, a mythical woman with the face of a horse, appears to the travelers in colonial Costa Rica. A young and beautiful woman is tortured by the apparitions, as the man she loves gets crazy when he sees this mythical monster.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.5/10