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Stories Set in Paraguay
Paraguay is a landlocked country of rivers, farmland and football obsession, long shaped by authoritarian rule. Its screen presence is quiet: few stories are set here, and most wander in from outside. A Messi documentary and even Hey Arnold! count among them. Open Paraguay on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Paraguay on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Paraguay
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Browse 6 books and 15 movies set in Paraguay.

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.

Messi
His teachers coaches childhood friends and Barça teammates together with journalists writers and prominent figures from the history of football come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality…

Cat's Cradle
Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding…

Paraguay, Drugs and Banana
Documentary that explores the relationship between politics and drug trafficking in Paraguay

Leal
Former Colonel Fernandez is appointed Minister of the National Anti-Drug Agency (SENAD) and purges the special forces to fight the first of many battles against drug trafficking on the border of Paraguay and Argentina.

Morgue
On his first day as a security guard Diego Martinez is assigned to the night shift at the Hospital Regional. On his rounds he notices the hallways can be unsettling at night until he accidentally notices he’s trapped…

7 Boxes
It’s Friday night in Asunción and the temperature is 40ºC. Víctor a 17-year-old wheelbarrow-boy dreams of becoming famous and covets a cell phone in Mercado 4. He is offered the chance to deliver seven boxes with…

The Gold Seekers
Los Buscadores tells the story of Manu a young paperboy who lives in the Chacarita neighborhood. He receives an old map a gift from his grandfather and embarks on the adventure of finding a treasure called "Plata…

An Argentinian Crime
Rosario in the 80s. The disappearance of a man during the military dictatorship. Two young people from the court must do everything possible to solve the case while facing police corruption and various dangers that put…

The Heiresses
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela…
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