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El Medico: The Cubaton Story
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El Medico: The Cubaton Story

2012-01-27 · 85 min · ★ 5.4

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El Medico has to decide between doing his duty to the State, as a doctor fulfilling his mothers dream, or being an artist

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Daniel Fridell
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