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Marcos Loayza

Cuestión de fe (A matter of faith)

Edition 1996
89' - 1995 - Drama - Dialogue: Spanish
Director: Marcos Loayza Composer: Óscar García With: Óscar García, Jorge Ortiz Sánchez, Jorge Mendívil
A Matter of Faith is an original comedy full of tenderness and melancholy. "Fat girls are not loved, they only long for it." That is the last thing Domingo "El Santero" (the holy statue maker) and his friend Pepelucho listen to in a bar, before the evil "Sapo Estívaris" orders them to make a full-size statue of the Madonna. He also asks them to transport the statue to San Mateo, a lost village in the heart of the curious Yungas jungle. This also marks the start of a journey through the feelings of the characters. Joaquin, a gambler, has heard the conversation and offers to transport the statue in an old truck on loan. As soon as the Madonna is finished the journey begins...

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Credits

Director

Marcos Loayza

Composer

Óscar García

With

Óscar García, Jorge Ortiz Sánchez, Jorge Mendívil

Scenario

Marcos Loayza

Director of Photography

Pérez César

Editor

Nelson Rodríguez

Producer

Jean Claude Eiffel

More information

Dialogue

Spanish

Countries of production

Bolivia

Year

1995

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