The Gospel of the Flesh

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The Gospel of the Flesh
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Film poster
Directed by Eduardo Mendoza de Echave
Written byEduardo Mendoza de Echave
Úrsula Vilca García
Produced byGustavo Sánchez
Starring Giovanni Ciccia
Jimena Lindo
Music byJorge Sabogal
Production
company
La Soga Producciones
Release date
  • 17 October 2013 (2013-10-17)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguageSpanish

The Gospel of the Flesh (Spanish : El evangelio de la carne) is a 2013 Peruvian crime drama thriller film directed by Eduardo Mendoza de Echave. [1] It was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. [2] [3] [4] It premiered on 17 October 2013 in Lima and several other provinces. [5]

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The film won three awards at the 17th Lima Film Festival: Audience Award, Titra Award and the Association of Communicators Award. [6]

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References

  1. "The Gospel of the Flesh". Chicago Latino Film Festival. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. "El evangelio de la carne fue seleccionada para representar al Perú en Premios Oscar". La Republica. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. "Oscar 2015 Predictions, Foreign Film: Peru, Chile, Dominican Republic Join Race". Latin Post. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. "Peru sends "The Gospel of the Flesh" to Academy Awards". Andina. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. "Eduardo Mendoza:"I want' The Gospel of the Flesh' to be a motive of debate" | Cine | Luces | El Comercio Peru". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. "These were all winners of the Lima Film Festival 2013[VIDEO] | Cine | Luces | El Comercio Peru". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2017.