They Met in Guayaquil

They Met in Guayaquil
They Met in Guayaquil
Directed by	Paco Villar
Written by	Paco Villar
Produced by	Alberto Santana
Production; company	Ecuador Sono Films
Release date	1949;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Ecuador
Languages	Silent; Spanish intertitles;

They Met in Guayaquil (Spanish:Se conocieron en Guayaquil) is a 1949 Ecuadorian drama film directed by Paco Villar. The film was the first sound film made in Ecuador, which had a very small film industry at the time.^[1] The film was a commercial success on its release.^[2] The title refers to Guayaquil, the country's largest city. The production company followed it up with another sound film Dawn in Pichincha in 1950.

Partial cast

References

^ Handelsman p.70
^ Rist p.229

Bibliography

Handelsman, Michael. Culture and Customs of Ecuador. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

They Met in Guayaquil at IMDb

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[1] Handelsman p.70

[2] Rist p.229

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