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The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

ALL 12/13/2019 (es) Documentary, History 81 Min
  • Release
    12/13/2019
  • Production
    Fora de Quadre, Toned Media
  • Rotten tomato
    64%
  • Original title
    El escritor de un país sin librerías
  • Original language
    es
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.

  1. Marc Serena

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

    Self - Narrator / Writer

  2. Negro Bey

    Self - Singer

  3. Manuel Carrero Blanco

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  4. Teodoro Obiang Nguema

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

  5. Teodoro Nguema Obiang

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 13

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The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019) 81 Min

ALL 12/13/2019 (es)
Documentary, History
  • Release 12/13/2019
  • Production
    Fora de Quadre, Toned Media
  • Original title El escritor de un país sin librerías
  • es
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.

  1. Marc Serena

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Emanuele Tiziani

    Editor

  4. Producer



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