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The Leading Actor

3.520191h 14mMovieComedy

A young man from the suburbs of Iztapalapa in Mexico City is casted as the lead actor for a new film. When the film opens at the Berlinale, he is consterned about how European people views Latin American films just as a sort of misery porn.

DirectorPaula Markovitch
WriterPaula Markovitch

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Cast · Directed by Paula Markovitch

SESofía Espinosa
Sofía Espinosa
MC
Marcelo Cerón
AV
Antonio Vega

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The Leading Actor is streaming on Sooner in United Kingdom. It's not currently on Netflix.

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