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La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez poster
MEXICO · 1970

La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

Roberto Gavaldón
deception social pretense return to hometown failed ambitions class struggle
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Synopsis

A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

Year1970
CountryMexico
DirectorRoberto Gavaldón
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