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- ↑ Clarín (11 Nov 1996) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ↑ Grupo Payne: Se filmará en la provincia una super producción Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Staff (18 November 2017). "Sabiduría encapsulada" [Encapsulated Wisdom] (in Spanish). The Idries Shah Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- 1 2 3 Zanetti, Eugenio (29 August 2017). "Interview With Eugenio Zanetti" (video). Interviewed by Jason Webster. London: The Idries Shah Foundation . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
