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La doble vida del faquir(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-09-19
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Time: 1h 30m
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La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group of orphaned children dressed up as sultans and explorers shot an exotic adventure film. The films protagonists relive those childhood days when they were able to switch their school smocks for oriental turbans, while reality imposed its own fancy dress ball with military uniforms and priests dressed in civilian garb.
Languages: Catalan, Spanish.
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Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
Oberón Cinematográfica
Movie: La doble vida del faquir
Top 9 Billed Cast
Jordi Bertran
Joaquim Jordà i Català
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La doble vida del faquir (The magicians) returns to the scene of a school in the Catalan town of Sant Julià de Vilatorta where, in 1937, in the midst of civil war, a film-maker in hiding and a group of orphaned children dressed up as sultans and explorers shot an exotic adventure film. The films protagonists relive those childhood days when they were able to switch their school smocks for oriental turbans, while reality imposed its own fancy dress ball with military uniforms and priests dressed in civilian garb.
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2005-09-19
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