Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda (2014)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 35M
Director : Francisco Sánchez Varela
Sinopse
The documentary is a summary of Paco de Lucía's career, his art, his human category and his life, from his first artistic steps to his last professional steps, which have been marked by flamenco. Numerous testimonies and interviews carried out between 2010 and 2014 are exposed.
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