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Saldao, el sueo dorado
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Wikipedia article
'Saldao, el sueo dorado' ('Saldao, The Golden Dream') is a 2014 documentary by Ral Viarruel about Vctor Saldao, an Argentine man on death row in Texas.
The film discusses the life of Saldao, including his murder of a man and the resulting death sentence. Viarruel uses material from staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship and Saldao's mother Lidia Guerrero; he was unable to acquire interview material from Saldao himself.
Viarruel is a journalist at Radio Nacional de Crdoba. The filmmaker stated: "La pelcula asume la certeza de lo que es y cmo funciona el sistema judicial norteamericano para alguien latinoamericano y pobre como Saldao" (The film takes on the certainty of the judicial system in then United States and how it works for someone from Latin America and poor like Saldao). He added that he wanted to obtain a better outcome for Saldao, but not to exculpate him.
Reception
Horacio Bilbao of 'Clarn' wrote that the film was "Buena" (good).
Pablo Surez of the 'Buenos Aires Herald' gave a negative review, arguing that it was uninteresting.
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