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199385 minPGdocumentary

6.3/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

The Second Shore

199385 minPGdocumentary

6.3/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

Seventeen years after their first meeting, filmmaker Mikael Wiström reconnects with Natividad and Daniel Barrientos in Peru to reflect on their lives.

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Seventeen years after their first meeting, filmmaker Mikael Wiström reconnects with Natividad and Daniel Barrientos in Peru to reflect on their lives.

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Natividad and Daniel Barrientos meet Mikael Wiström in Peru after 17 years. Wiström documents their lives during this reunion. The film shows their conversations about personal growth and their relationships. It captures the physical setting of Peru as the Barrientos family reflects on their past experiences. The documentary runs for 85 minutes and is in Swedish and Spanish. It was released in 1993 and produced in Sweden.

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