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Luisita Photo Studio

  • Documentary

March 14, 2019 (ES)

1h 13m

The celebrities who visited Luisita Escarria's photo studio in Buenos Aires for decades are countless. Sol, a young photographer, discovers there more than 25,000 unpublished negatives, an archive of incalculable value that opens a window through which to look at the true artisti...

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