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Homecoming Ghost

Homecoming Ghost

2021 · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Drama

Demosthenes reappears in his village where he is known as "Ghost", just for the end of the year holidays, with no plans or goals. Luis Miguel, his old friend, gives him a job, and asks him to look for a pig to be slaughtered at the end of that week, in which friendship turns into a working relationship.

Directed by Augusto González Polo · Written by Augusto González Polo

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