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The Girls

The Girls

2014•1h 0m
HistoryDocumentaryDrama

Four lucid grandmothers tell their story forgotten by history: the militancy and resistance of the young women of the leftist youth against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

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Production

Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mónica Quintero

Julia

Vera Linares

Lucy

Ana Melo

Rocío

Jariana Armas

Alicia

Candela Sánchez

Matías Coll

Alejandro Paredes

Gabriel Rojas

Freddy Pelaez

Carlos Luis Hidalgo

Tercero Machado

Eva García

Oriana Ochoa

Yuruani Rodríguez

Maritza Zambrano

Valezca Márquez

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