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Mario y los perros (2019)

Young Vargas Llosa's struggle to be a writer

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Chema de la Peña
Writer : Chema de la Peña, Óscar de Julián

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Himself - Writer
Alfredo Barnechea
Alfredo Barnechea
Himself - Journalist
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Himself - Writer
Rosa Regàs
Rosa Regàs
Herself - Writer
Alonso Cueto
Alonso Cueto
Himself - Writer
Héctor Béjar
Héctor Béjar
Himself - Writer
Carlos Aguirre
Carlos Aguirre
Himself - Writer
Fico Camino
Fico Camino
Himself - Philosopher
Harry Belevan-McBride
Harry Belevan-McBride
Himself - Writer
Carlos Barral
Carlos Barral
Himself (archivo footage)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Himself (archivo footage)
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
Himself (archivo footage)
Manuel Fraga
Manuel Fraga
Himself (archivo footage)

Crews

Chema de la Peña
Chema de la Peña
Director
Chema de la Peña
Chema de la Peña
Screenplay
Óscar de Julián
Óscar de Julián
Screenplay
Óscar de Julián
Óscar de Julián
Researcher
Marga Barcoj
Marga Barcoj
Executive Producer
Andrés Luque
Andrés Luque
Executive Producer
Chema de la Peña
Chema de la Peña
Director of Photography
Antonio Tuya
Antonio Tuya
Editor

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