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El faquir
CUBA · 1947

El faquir

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
deception and fraud cultural skepticism greed and materialism spiritual charlatanism clash between tradition and modernity
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Synopsis

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.

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