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The Gold Bug

The Gold Bug

Feminism, Victoria Benedictsson, Leandro N. Alem, the Radical Party in Argentina, suicide, stunts, Edgar Allan Poe, the complicated relationship between low-budget films with a political aim and the film industry, Robert Louis Stevenson, fiction, facts, greed, gold treasures left by the Jesuits in Argentina, the 19th Century vs. the contemporary and the search for truth and wisdom are the background for this portrait of a clash between a Swedish artist and an Argentine film director.

Release DateAugust 15, 2014
StatusReleased
Original TitleEl escarabajo de oro
Runtime1h 40min
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LanguageSwedish, Spanish, English
Original LanguageSpanish
Production CountriesArgentina, Sweden, Denmark
Production CompaniesMilkwoodEl Pampero CineCPH:DOXSvenska Filminstitutet