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Debt

2004 · 90 min

A sober, investigative documentary that follows a trail of institutional indifference, leaving a quiet sense of outrage.

Directed by
Jorge Ernesto Lanata
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jorge Ernesto Lanata, Bill Clinton, Carlos Saúl Menem
Tagline
Who owes whom?
Overview
DEBT is the story of a frantic pursuit: the search for the responsible for the televised cry of hunger of Barbara Flores, an eight-year-old Argentinean girl. Buenos Aires, Washington, the IMF, the World Bank and Davos; corruption and the international bureaucratic lack of interest.

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Directed by
Jorge Ernesto Lanata
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jorge Ernesto Lanata, Bill Clinton, Carlos Saúl Menem
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    • class
    • corruption
    • politics
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    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jorge Ernesto Lanata
    Written by
    Juan Pablo Domenech, Jorge Ernesto Lanata, Andrés G. Schaer
    Starring
    Jorge Ernesto Lanata, Bill Clinton, Carlos Saúl Menem, María Julia Oliván
    Cinematography
    Miguel Abal, José María 'Pigu' Gómez
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish, English

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