La doble vida del faquir
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2005-09-19
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau
Writer: Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau
Spoken language: Català, Español
Genres: Documentary, History
Original title: La doble vida del faquir
Production Companies: Oberón Cinematográfica, TV3
Production Countries: Spain
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