When They Left
When the colourful ice-cream van rides through the deserted streets of the village, there are no children trailing behind it.In Plazuela, a peaceful hamlet lost in a mountainous region of Ecuador, only a handful of old ladies remain, who are all widows.
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When the colourful ice-cream van rides through the deserted streets of the village, there are no children trailing behind it. In Plazuela, a peaceful hamlet lost in a mountainous region of Ecuador, only a handful of old ladies remain, who are all widows. In the gloom of their houses, photos of those who are gone hang on walls: husbands who have passed away a few years earlier, children gone to work in the big cities or abroad, and grandchildren who have grown up far away from them.
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- Release date
- Apr 9, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
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- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Ecuador
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