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1988 · 95 mins · Spanish
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Directed by
Miguel Pereira
Starring
Juan José Camero, Ana María González, Guillermo Delgado, Leopoldo Abán, Gonzalo Morales, René Olaguivel

Sent by the government, an Argentine elementary‑school teacher works in a remote Jujuy hamlet, where he touches the lives of villagers and befriends Verónico, a quiet boy whose mother died and whose father left to find work. The film adapts Fortunato Ramos’s nonfiction account of his teaching experiences in northwest Argentina.

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