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Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

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Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

2024

1h 25m

7.5(10 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Fantasy

Overview

In a tiny rural village in Argentina, Rita Lopez, a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, discovers that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood.

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Paijait

Plenty Good

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mónica Villa

Mónica Villa

Rita

Horacio Marassi

Horacio Marassi

Norberto

Pablo Moseinco

Pablo Moseinco

Father Eduardo

Silvia Mackenzie

Alicia

Noemí Ron

Noemí Ron

Viviana

Silvia Porro

Beba

Hernán Bustamante

Mono

Dahyana Turkie

Dahyana Turkie

Jessica

Iair Said

Iair Said

Lucho

Nahiel Correa Dornell

Angel

Creative team

Directed by: Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Written by: Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Produced by: Amanda Freedman
Gewan Brown

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