They Met in Guayaquil

1949 Ecuadorian film

They Met in Guayaquil

Directed by| Paco Villar
Written by| Paco Villar
Produced by| Alberto Santana

Production
company

Ecuador Sono Films

Release date

* 1949 (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

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* Antonio Arboleda
* Anita Burgos
* Paco Villar
* Olga Eljuri de Villar
* Fernad Nunez

## References

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1. ^ Handelsman p.70
2. ^ Rist p.229

## Bibliography

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* 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

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* They Met in Guayaquil at IMDb

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