CUBA · 1961

Death to the Invader

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
religious fraud village superstition cultural clash deception and con artistry modernization vs tradition
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The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing his possesses special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an Ikea store.

Year1961
CountryCuba
DirectorTomás Gutiérrez Alea
Death to the Invader

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