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La Mansión de Araucaima (1986)

La Mansión de Araucaima poster
Original title
La mansión de Araucaima
Directed by
Carlos Mayolo
Genre
drama film
Country
Colombia
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
+18
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman arrives at a remote mansion in the Colombian tropics. She becomes entangled with the eccentric inhabitants who live there under strange rules and tensions.

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What happens

La Mansión de Araucaima (English: The manor of Araucaima) is a 1986 Colombian drama film directed and co-written by Carlos Mayolo. Its genre has been described as "Tropical Gothic." It is based on the tale of the same name by Alvaro Mutis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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