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The Eagle and the Worm

In Guita Schyfter’s El águila y el gusano, an intricate plot serves to intersect the destinies of several characters: the owner of a beauty salon in love with “all things Chinese”, a politician with a taste for oration who couldn’t care less about the problems of his country, a political adviser whose counsel is never considered and a shady investigator with a name that nobody seems to recall. The script by Schyfter and Hugo Hiriart, her longtime collaborator and author of the 2013 novel on which the film is based, bristles with finely-crafted, hilarious dialogue.

Top Cast

  • Marcelo Alonso

    Marcelo Alonso

    Campuzano

  • Dolores Heredia

    Dolores Heredia

    Calixta

  • Germán Jaramillo

    Germán Jaramillo

    Valdivieso

  • Angélica Aragón

    Angélica Aragón

    Madame Parodi

  • Horacio Castelo

    Horacio Castelo

    Epazote

  • Laura Almela

    Laura Almela

    Doctora Montejo

  • Gerardo Trejoluna

    Gerardo Trejoluna

    Canudas

  • Claudette Maillé

    Claudette Maillé

    Teresa Ocaña

  • Alan Alarcón

    Alan Alarcón

    Bolos

Overview

In Guita Schyfter’s El águila y el gusano, an intricate plot serves to intersect the destinies of several characters: the owner of a beauty salon in love with “all things Chinese”, a politician with a taste for oration who couldn’t care less about the problems of his country, a political adviser whose counsel is never considered and a shady investigator with a name that nobody seems to recall. The script by Schyfter and Hugo Hiriart, her longtime collaborator and author of the 2013 novel on which the film is based, bristles with finely-crafted, hilarious dialogue.

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