PAVO 90

PAVO 90

2009 · Comedy, Western

Pavo 90 is a medium-length film whose extravagant characters (Robbie, Darret and Luisda) take the viewer by the hand during a nostalgic trip through the Marabina (lol) society of the nineties, a trip during which our festive protagonists consume stuff, enjoy and spank next to a cassette new kids on the block in the repro of their Sierra Safiro, they pass daddy's American Express and venture into the vibrant Zuliana nightlife in the incessant search for a cuquita in which to wet their unruly glans

Directed by Rafael Valera Rossell

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