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Gabo & Cinema

Gabo & Cinema

2016•52m
Documentary

It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies.

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ES

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Released

Release Date

Cast

Carlos García Agraz

Self

José Luis García Agraz

José Luis García Agraz

Self

Rodrigo García

Rodrigo García

Self

María Rojo

María Rojo

Self

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

Self (archive footage)

Ruy Guerra

Ruy Guerra

Self

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