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In the Name of the Girl (2011)

In the Name of the Girl poster
Original title
En el nombre de la hija
Directed by
Tania Hermida
Genre
comedy film
Country
Ecuador
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A girl grows up with revolutionary ideals and questions the religious and capitalist systems around her in Ecuador.

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What happens

In the Name of the Girl (Spanish: En el Nombre de la Hija) is a 2011 Ecuadorian drama film written and directed by Tania Hermida. The film is a religious and social criticism of Ecuadorian Christianity and capitalism from the point of view of Manuela, a girl who was raised with revolutionary ideas, without religious ties and with a deep sense of social equality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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