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El Panóptico Ciego

May 17, 2015 | IMDB 4

56 min Watch Now

Documentary

The documentary chronicles the 139 years of the ex penitentiary García Moreno in Quito, Ecuador, and traces left by the inmates to be transferred to the new prison in the province of Cotopaxi.

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Jorge Núñez

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