Mario and the dogs

SPAIN RELEASE
June 28, 2019
MADRID PRODUCTION COMPANY
Red Corporativa de Servicios Especiales Asociados, S.L. , Azul Media Services 2016, S.L.U. , Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, Sociedad Anónima S.M.E.
Contact
The Mediapro Studio Distribution
Address
Ctra. Fuencarral a Alcobendas, 24. 28049 Madrid
TELEPHONE NUMBER
34 91 728 57 38
OTHERS PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Asociación Guarango Cine y Vídeo (Perú)
DISTRIBUTION
39 Escalones Films, S.L.
INTERNATIONAL SALES
The Mediapro Studio Distribution

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Synopsis

"Mario Vargas Llosa arrived in Lima in 1946 when he was 10. At 26, he is living in Paris and publishes his first novel, ‘The City and The Dogs’, that will make him famous all over the globe. What drove this child from Peru’s countryside to Paris? What was it about Paris and those kids’ lives that inspired such a shocking novel? Those are someof the questions addressed in this documentary."

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Artistic and technical data

PRODUCTION YEAR
2019
Genre
Documentary - Biography -Literature
RUNTIME
70
FILM RATING
General audiences
Original version
Spanish & French
Locations
Madrid (Spain) , París (France) , Lima, Piura (Perú)
Production
Chema de la Peña, Marga Barcoj, Andrés Luque
Direction
Chema de la Peña
Cast
Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, Alonso Cueto, Carlos Barral, Rosa Regás, Carlos Aguirre, Héctor Bejar, Alfredo Barnechea, Federico Camino, Harry Beleban, Jorge Edwards
Screenplay
Chema de la Peña, Óscar de Julián
Photography
Chema de la Peña
Edition
Antonio Tuya
Project financing
RTVE, ICAA