{"product_id":"the-movie-teller","title":"The Movie Teller","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaria Margarita, a young woman who lives in a mining town in the heart of the Chilean Atacama desert in the 1960s, has had the gift of telling movies since she was a child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a film starring Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper or Charlton Heston, or a Mexican feature packed with songs, arrives in the local village cinema, the exact change for a ticket is collected at Maria's house and she is sent to watch it. When Maria returns from the cinema, she tells the movie to her father, confined to a wheelchair, and to her four siblings, and soon she is telling the movie to a large and impatient public. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this tender story, Hernan Rivera Letelier gives us the magical tale of village cinemas in their times of splendor - and of decadence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 144 pages | Published November 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63977831367005,"sku":"9781780870533","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781780870533.jpg?v=1774446577","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-movie-teller","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}