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Behind You

A tus espaldas

2011

An ambitious young bank clerk obsessed with hiding his humble roots falls for a Colombian woman newly arrived in Ecuador, and his carefully constructed image begins to crack. A drama about class and self-invention.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Ecuador

This film is stop 10 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ecuador. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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