A King and His Movie

A King and His Movie

1986 · 103 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Drama

Buenos Aires movie director, very fond of the legend of the King of Patagonia and Araucania, decides to make a movie about it. Despite of financial troubles, technical problems, misfortune and desertions, he undertakes the journey to Patagonia for the film with a second-rate actor company. Neglected by the producer and shortly after by the company, he will make the movie alone, in a surreal landscape like mad.

Directed by Carlos Sorin · Written by Carlos Sorin

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