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Pepito (2019)
While being lovingly coerced by his mom to go to confession, Pepito is infantilized to the point of suffocation in this bilingual comedy.
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While being lovingly coerced by his mom to go to confession, Pepito is infantilized to the point of suffocation in this bilingual comedy.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Isaac Garza
In Theaters:4/27/2019
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Runtime:16 minutes
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