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International circuits have been flooded recently by a series of award-winning films from the region. While these films are, in many cases, of excellent make, they are not representative in all cases of the movies being watched by Latin American moviegoers. In these installment of the film series, we want to show four movies that had notable box office successes in their countries of origin and in the region at large, but that have largely lacked proper distribution in the U.S. We explore genres such as the road movie (Guantanamera), the romeo-and-juliet love story (Amar te duele), the thriller (Secuestro
Exprés
) and the romantic comedy (O homem que copiava).
   
   
  SCHEDULE
  March 6th
Amarte duele
Fernando Sariñana, México | 2002

March 27th
O Homem que copiava
Jorge Furtado, Brazil | 2003

April 10th
Guantanamera
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío, Cuba | 1995

April 10th
Secuestro Exprés
Román Jakubowicz , Venezuela | 2005
   
   
   
     
     
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isanchez@wustl.edu

 
     
     
 


 
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