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Ricardo Palma

1974 · 11 min

A quiet, affectionate portrait that lingers on a writer's legacy and a warm family visit, feeling more like a gentle historical reverie than a conventional biography.

Directed by
María Esther Palant
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Documentary of the life and work of the notable Peruvian writer and the recreation of an afternoon with the visit of his grandchildren in his mansion in Miraflores in 1919. “Palma is not only the extraordinary writer that we all know he is, if not, a notable model of Peruvianness. “He embodies the spirit of Peru, but not only in his vast and multiform work, but in himself and in his hectic and laborious life.”

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Directed by
María Esther Palant
Genres
Documentary
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    • memory
    • art
    • family
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
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    period
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    Humour1
    Realism9
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    Complexity4
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    María Esther Palant
    Runtime
    11 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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