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.Handelsman p.70 The film was a commercial success on its release.Rist p.229 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 Antonio Arboleda Anita Burgos Paco Villar Olga Eljuri de Villar Fernad Nunez
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Bibliography Handelsman, Michael. Culture and Customs of Ecuador. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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