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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)

Crew

Marc Serena

Marc Serena

Director

Marc Serena

Marc Serena

Writer

Emanuele Tiziani

Emanuele Tiziani

Editor

Verónica Font Alfaro

Verónica Font Alfaro

Sound

Josep Gutiérrez

Josep Gutiérrez

Director of Photography

Marc Serena

Marc Serena

Executive Producer

Toni Espinosa

Toni Espinosa

Executive Producer

Marcel Pié

Marcel Pié

Animation Director

Pau de Nut

Pau de Nut

Original Music Composer

Xavier Salvà

Xavier Salvà

Music Supervisor

Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Juan Sebastián Vásquez

Camera Operator

Dídac Roure

Dídac Roure

Camera Operator

Norma Nebot

Norma Nebot

Camera Operator

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The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

20196.4 / 1081 min
Documentary, History

Overview

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.