The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (movie)
El escritor de un país sin librerías- User score: 6.4
- Production country: Spain
- Producer: Marc Serena
- Production companies: Fora de Quadre, Toned Media
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Release date: 12/13/2019
- Run time: 81 min.
Movie description
The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.