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Release Date:
November 15, 2000
Original Title:
Mit geschlossenen Augen
Alternate Titles:
Con los ojos Cerrados
Das Dorf der Hunde
Production Companies:
Madavi Films
Production Countries:
Austria | Chile
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 84
Cinema essayist Mansur Madavi returned to the director's chair for the first time in nine years with this meditation on growing up in a small village in Chile. An elderly man (Lorenzo Montalban) looks back on the town where he grew up and recalls the mysteries of his youth, as well as the disappointments that led him to seek his fortune elsewhere. As the past travels by him, he recalls buildings that fell to dust, the arrest of his teachers, adventures with his schoolmates, watching a close friend catch pigeons, and discovering a boy who lived in tunnels he dug under the earth.
Director:
Mansur Madavi
Director of Photography:
Mansur Madavi
Editor:
Mansur Madavi
Lighting Design:
Mansur Madavi
Music:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orlando F. Orrelana
Musician:
Jose Pedro Brito
Producer:
Mansur Madavi
Production Assistant:
Christian Marzolo
Production Manager:
Patricio Handl Alvarez
Writer:
Mansur Madavi
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