Chile Can Do It

Chile Can Do It

2008 · 85 min · ★ 4.3 · Comedy, Science Fiction

The businessman who sends the first Chilean astronaut into outer space can't quite come up with the money to bring the adventurer back.

Directed by Ricardo Larraín · Written by Boris Quercia

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