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1965 | B/N |

A fourteen-year-old orphan loves two things: his older cousin Julia, and epic war novels, which provide him with an illusory heroic image of himself


Country: México
Direction: Michel; Manuel
Script: Michel; Manuel, Pacheco; José Emilio
Production: Margolí; Robert, Nicolayewsky; Jacobo
Photography: Carrill; Armando
Music: Lavista; Raúl
Cast:Antonieta Domínguez; María, Margolín; Sally, Guilmáin; Ofelia, Jasso; Luis, Félix; Juan, Leticia Ortiz; Gloria, Magaña; Rodolfo
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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