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The Insomnia Plague (La peste del insomnio)

Directed by Leonardo Aranguibel
United States, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico
2020
16 mins

Top Latin American artists unite for a reading of excerpts from Gabriel García Márquez's 100 Years of Solitude, which tells the story of a town that succumbs to a highly contagious plague of sleeplessness and amnesia. The narration is accompanied by apt and current real-world images, drawing parallels between the magical realism of García Márquez's novel and the surreal circumstances we live in.

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  • Year
    2020
  • Country
    United States, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Leonardo Aranguibel
  • Cast
    Ricardo Darin, Alice Braga, Andres Parra, Adrian Suar, Dolores Heredia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Manolo Cardona, Marcela Mar, Julian Roman, Lorena Meritano, Maricella Gonzalez, Luis Gnecco, Francisco Reyes, Ivan Feo
  • Writer
    Leonardo Aranguibel
  • Cinematographer
    Eduali Pirela, Francisco Vignale, Laurent Refalo, Daniel Santi, Rafael Canal, Adilson Pedro, Max Romo, Luciano Larobina, Andres Colantoni, Marco Colantoni
  • Editor
    Marco Colantoni
  • Genre
    Fantasy
  • Theme
    En español, Based on a Book

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