Cesar's Grill
7.5
2013
1 hr 30 min
Documentary
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.
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- Cast：
- Dario Aguirre
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Great Film overall
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Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
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