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CUBA · 1953

Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
deception and fraud faith and superstition cultural clash greed and exploitation desire for material wealth
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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.

Year1953
CountryCuba
DirectorTomás Gutiérrez Alea
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