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Zuquillo Exprés
The Zuquillos are four women who have worked for several years in a popular grocery market in the city of Quito, a place where they have cultivated a great friendship. One day, the entire market collapses due to its dire conditions, leaving the main characters without a place of work and in an agonizing situation about their future. So Charo decides to migrate to the United States, where his sister lives, but they deny him a visa at the American consulate. Desperate, she goes to a smuggler and asks him to make her enter the northern country illegally to achieve the American dream.
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The Zuquillos are four women who have worked for several years in a popular grocery market in the city of Quito, a place where they have cultivated a great friendship. One day, the entire market collapses due to its dire conditions, leaving the main characters without a place of work and in an agonizing situation about their future. So Charo decides to migrate to the United States, where his sister lives, but they deny him a visa at the American consulate. Desperate, she goes to a smuggler and asks him to make her enter the northern country illegally to achieve the American dream.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Luis Miguel Campos
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Runtime:93 minutes
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