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With My Heart in Yambo

Con mi corazón en Yambo

2011

Filmmaker María Fernanda Restrepo pieces together the truth about her two teenage brothers, who disappeared and were killed by Ecuadorian police in the 1980s, in a deeply personal documentary about grief, memory, and a family's long fight for justice.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Ecuador

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ecuador. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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