Mario y los perros (2019)
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Young Vargas Llosa's struggle to be a writer
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only 26 years old.
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Mario Vargas LlosaHimself - WriterAlfredo BarnecheaHimself - JournalistJorge EdwardsHimself - WriterRosa RegàsHerself - WriterAlonso CuetoHimself - WriterHéctor BéjarHimself - WriterCarlos AguirreHimself - WriterFico CaminoHimself - PhilosopherHarry Belevan-McBrideHimself - WriterCarlos BarralHimself (archivo footage)
Jean-Paul SartreHimself (archivo footage)
Julio CortázarHimself (archivo footage)Keywords
Madrid, spain1960sParis, france1950s1940sCelebrity interviewMale writerAuthoritarian educationCommunismMilitary dictatorshipPortrait of an artistLatin american boomStruggling writerSpanish literatureLima, peruLatin american literature
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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityMadrid Spain · 1960s · Paris FrancePacingShortDirector preference400778Actor preference560357 · 351173 · 561471Country preferenceEs
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What is Mario y los perros about?
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only 26 years old.
How long is Mario y los perros?
Mario y los perros has a runtime of 70 minutes.