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Mario y los perros
Genres
Documentary
Overview
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only 26 years old.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
70 min
Release Date
2019-06-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Self - Writer
Alfredo Barnechea
Self - Journalist
Jorge Edwards
Self - Writer
Rosa Regàs
Self - Writer
Alonso Cueto
Self - Writer
Héctor Béjar
Self - Writer
Carlos Aguirre
Self - Writer
Fico Camino
Self - Philosopher
Harry Belevan-McBride
Self - Writer
Carlos Barral
Self - Publisher (archivo footage)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self - Writer (archivo footage)
Julio Cortázar
Self - Writer (archivo footage)
Manuel Fraga
Self - Politician (archivo footage)
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