14.The Fantastic World of Juan Orol

Mexico

Director:Sebastian del Amo

Mexico's nominated film, The Fantastic World Of Juan Orol, directed by Sebastian del Amo and starring Roberto Sosa and Gabriela de la Garza, displays the history of Mexican film through the recollections of the life of lead actor Orol. Orol accidentally got into the movie business, and has been directing for more than 50 years, his career had gone through its peak, and reached its nadir in the later years, finally, a big fire destroys everything in the film archives, and the movie industry to which he had dedicated his life, is left in ashes.

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