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The City and the Dogs

La ciudad y los perros

1985

At a harsh Lima military academy, a tight-knit clique of cadets bends the rules to survive, but a theft and a cover-up spiral into violence and a killing. A gripping drama from Mario Vargas Llosa's novel.

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