In The Country Where Nothing Happens
2000 · 91 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy
A crooked CEO is kidnapped and nobody cares enough to pay his ransom.
Directed by María del Carmen de Lara · Written by María del Carmen de Lara
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Fernando Luján Enrique Laguardia -
Julieta Egurrola Elena - C Carmen Delgado Yadira
- M María Isasi Rita
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Álvaro Guerrero Pedro -
Eligio Meléndez Don Jacinto - L Laura Sosa Chayito
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Rodrigo Murray Rosales -
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez Luisa -
Arturo Ríos Gerardo -
Juan Peláez Lic. Rojas - J Jorge Galván Don Gustavo
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