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THE ROOM OF BONES (El Cuarto de los Huesos) | Women Make Movies | Trailer
The Room of Bones (El Cuarto de los Huesos) A Film By Marcela Zamora Chamorro Mexico/El Salvador 2015 61 minutes Color DVD Spanish Subtitled ...
El cuarto de los huesos / The Room of Bones
Marcela Zamora | El Salvador-Mexico | 2015 | Documentary | 60min The Room of Bones follows the passages of four Salvadorian mothers in the Institute for ...
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