The Great Vazquez

The Great Vazquez

2010 · 106 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy

Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his life.

Directed by Óscar Aibar · Written by Óscar Aibar

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