Cesar's Grill

Oct 3, 2013

1h 30m

★ 6.5

Overview

In order to rescue his father's ramshackle grill restaurant, filmmaker and vegetarian Dario Aguirre is traveling back to his homeland Ecuador. What starts out as a strange debate about opening times, chips and Excel spread sheets, develops into a moving family drama.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Filmtank

ARTE

NDR

RECK Filmproduktion Zürich

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Dario Aguirre

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Cesar's Grill

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