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Ricardo Palma

Ricardo Palma

1974 · 11 min · Documentary

Documentary of the life and work of the notable Peruvian writer and the recreation of an afternoon with the visit of his grandchildren in his mansion in Miraflores in 1919. “Palma is not only the extraordinary writer that we all know he is, if not, a notable model of Peruvianness. “He embodies the spirit of Peru, but not only in his vast and multiform work, but in himself and in his hectic and laborious life.”

Directed by María Esther Palant

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