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Release Date:
October 27, 2023
Original Title:
La contadora de películas
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
A Contracorriente Films
Altiro Films
Contadora Films
Embankment Films
Latido Films
RTVE
Selenium Films
TVC
Telecable
Production Countries:
Chile | France | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 12 NL: 12
Runtime: 116
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl’s parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl’s extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever.
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Costume Designer:
Mercè Paloma
Director:
Lone Scherfig
Director of Photography:
Daniel Aranyó
Music:
Fernando Velázquez
Novel:
Hernán Rivera Letelier
Original Music Composer:
Fernando Velázquez
Producer:
Adolfo Blanco
Production Design:
Carlos Conti
Screenplay:
Rafa Russo
Walter Salles
Isabel Coixet
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