Jacinto Convit | |
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Directed by | Sergio Monsalve |
Screenplay by | Sergio Monsalve María Eugenia Mosquera |
Produced by | Rossara Quintero |
Distributed by | Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Venezuela |
Jacinto Convit is a 2013 documentary film directed by Sergio Monsalve. [1] [2] The documentary focuses on the homonymous Jacinto Convit, a Venezuelan physician and scientist known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. [3] [4] It was screened at the XI Venezuelan Film Festival in 2015. [3] Jacinto Convit was Sergio Monsalve's directorial debut. [5]