The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

2019 es 81 minutes

Rating: 6.4

Plot

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.

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Cast

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

Self - Narrator / Writer

Negro Bey

Negro Bey

Self - Singer

Manuel Carrero Blanco

Manuel Carrero Blanco

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Nguema Obiang

Teodoro Nguema Obiang

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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