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Pedro Páramo (1967)

Pedro Páramo poster
Directed by
Carlos Velo
Genre
horror film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
B-15
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man travels to a rural Mexican town to settle his dead mother's estate. He finds the town populated by ghosts and haunted by memories of his tyrannical father.

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What happens

Pedro Páramo is a 1967 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Velo. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the short novel of the same name by Juan Rulfo, with a screenplay partly by Carlos Fuentes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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