In The Country Where Nothing Happens

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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