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Film Review: Los Buscadores

By Mat Youkee

Directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori explore one of the country's most baffling obsessions.

This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on transparency and the 2018 elections

Following the success of their highly acclaimed debut 7 Cajas (7 Boxes), Paraguayan directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori return with an unvarnished look at one of their country’s most baffling — and revealing — national obsessions.

Los Buscadores (The Gold Seekers) follows two young Paraguayans as they try to strike it rich in pursuit of the local...

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