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Friday November 24

Film: I DON’T EXPECT ANYONE TO BELIEVE ME

Juan Pablo Villalobos’ 2020 novel, in which the worldVillalobos’ protagonist is also called Juan Pablo Villalobos and, similarly, goes to Barcelona on a study scholarship. This is where, we hope, real life and fiction diverge. Juan Pablo (Dario Yazbek Bernal) is forced into an extortion scheme by his criminal cousins that involves seducing a fellow student.

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