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The Bastard Images

2024-08-10 · 62 min · ★ 9.0

Documentary

Embracing a temporary visual impairment, a filmmaker immerses in her family’s 1990s home movies, composing a narrative that reimagines her father’s vision. They reconnect in the present, amid vulnerability, awkwardness and love: the story of a gardener and a one-eyed woman.

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Directors
Marianela Vega
Production companies
Blue Producciones
Countries
Peru
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Released

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