The Dread (2017)
- Original title
- El espanto
- Directed by
- Martín Benchimol, Pablo Aparo
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Argentina
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary about residents of a small Argentine village who rely on folk remedies instead of modern medicine. It focuses on Jorge, an elderly man who claims to cure espanto, a supernatural ailment that the community deeply fears.
observationalquietcontemplativefolkloricintimateearthypatientunderstatedcommunity-focused
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