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El Dorado is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Carlos Saura with Omero Antonutti

El Dorado (1988)

El Dorado
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Length 2h29
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OriginEspagne
Genres Drama,    Adventure,    Historical
Rating63% 3.1895653.1895653.1895653.1895653.189565

El Dorado is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

The film is about an expedition down the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado. Taking some followers and family along on the journey, they descend into madness and battle the environment and each other.

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