

The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only 26 years old.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Chema de la PeñaDirector
- Chema de la PeñaWriter
- Óscar de JuliánWriter
Cast
- Mario Vargas LlosaSelf - Writer
- Alfredo BarnecheaSelf - Journalist
- Jorge EdwardsSelf - Writer
- Rosa RegàsSelf - Writer
- Alonso CuetoSelf - Writer
- Héctor BéjarSelf - Writer
- Carlos AguirreSelf - Writer
- Fico CaminoSelf - Philosopher
- Harry Belevan-McBrideSelf - Writer
- Carlos BarralSelf - Publisher (archivo footage)
- Jean-Paul SartreSelf - Writer (archivo footage)
- Julio CortázarSelf - Writer (archivo footage)
Stills
Themes
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