Movies: Manolo Sarmiento

  • 2013
    The Death of Jaime Roldós

    The Death of Jaime Roldós (2013)

    The Death of Jaime Roldós

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    A portrait of Jaime Roldos, Ecuador's first democratically elected president, who died with his family when their plane crashed in the mountains....

    The Death of Jaime Roldós
  • 2005
    Esas no son penas

    Esas no son penas (2005)

    Esas no son penas

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    One day five women from Quito, friends in their teens, decide to get back together after fourteen years. Helena is waiting for her second child, Marina lives the ups and downs of infidelity, Diana, an early widow, shares her loneliness with her 15 ye...

    Esas no son penas
  • 2024
    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants (2024)

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants

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    A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the ...

    Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
  • 2024
    Toroboro: La Consulta Popular

    Toroboro: La Consulta Popular (2024)

    Toroboro: La Consulta Popular

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    In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa proposed not to exploit the ITT block in the Yasuní National Park in exchange for $3.6 billion in international compensation. However, rising oil prices led to the reactivation of the project in 2013. The f...

    Toroboro: La Consulta Popular
  • 2007
    Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos

    Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos (2007)

    Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos

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    Documentary regarding Ecuadorian militant group cum political party "Alfaro Vive Carajo" from their start in the 80s to their unexpected return to action in 2007....

    Alfaro Vive Carajo: Del sueño al caos
  • 2002
    Problemas personales

    Problemas personales (2002)

    Problemas personales

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    Documentary that focus on the lives of three Ecuadorian migrants. It is a portrait of the suffering, the effort and nostalgia of the Ecuadorians who arrived in Spain during the migratory wave of 1999 and 2000....

    Problemas personales