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A Master of Deception: ‘Marco, The Invented Truth’ Explores the Life of a False Concentration Camp Survivor
Basque directors Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi, who along with Jose Mari Goenaga took their film to Venice, are on the Oscar shortlist for Spain.
It’s been a good week for Basque directors Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi, who, along with Jose Mari Goenaga, world premiered “Marco” at Venice and landed a spot on the shortlist for Spain’s Oscar entry. Based on real events, it centers on Enric Marco, an imposter who gained sympathy, fame, and respect by falsely claiming to be a concentration camp survivor while serving as chairman of the leading Spanish association for deportees. This idea of the truth is in danger because people can mix things and make you believe something that isn’t really true.”Entwining reality and fiction, the film intersperses documentary footage, capturing the mood of the time.
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