Miente (film)

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Miente
Miente.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Rafi Mercado
Written byJavier Ávila
José Ignacio Valenzuela
Produced by Ileana Ciena
Starring Maine Anders
CinematographySonnel Velazquez
Edited byRaúl Marchand Sánchez
Release date
  • 3 March 2009 (2009-03-03)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryPuerto Rico
LanguageSpanish

Miente is a 2009 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Rafi Mercado, and based on the novel "Different", written by Javier Ávila. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards [1] but it did not make the final shortlist. [2] The film won the inaugural Havana Star Prize for Best Director in 2010 at the 11th Havana Film Festival New York. [3]

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