A Secret in the Box

A Secret in the Box

A Secret in the Box

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2017•71 min•Documentary

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Alfredo Espinosa

Marcelo Chiriboga

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Yolanda Acosta

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Antonio Ordoñez

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José Ignacio Donoso

Amaia Merino

Christoph Baumann

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The life and works of Ecuadorian writer Marcelo Chiriboga, a key figure of the Latin American literature and member of the “boom” generation. Through interviews, visits to different cities, archival footage and his most important book, a puzzle is woven that blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction.

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