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My Macondo

Dan Weldon
1990 United Kingdom; Canada 61 minutes Spanish

Dream or reality ? Fact or Fiction ? Colombian journalist Julio Roca sets out in search of Macondo, site of the fantastic events of Gabriel Garcia Marquez “Cien anos de Soledad”, seeking the truth behind the strike against the United Fruit Company and the terrible massacre which followed. The trail of uncertainties and beliefs leads across the banana zone and finally to Garcia Marquez himself.

Production :
ONF Office National du Film du Canada; Channel 4; Tall Stories
Distribution :
ONF Office National du Film du Canada
Editing :
Carl Thomson
Sound :
Ignacio Jimenez
Photography :
Fernando Riaño

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