A wealthy woman travels to Ecuador to breed guinea pigs for profit, but her life is soon complicated by a mysterious stalker.
Acting
Voice performances dial soap opera melodrama to eleven.
Costume
Shoulder pads so sharp they could cut glass.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes telenovela tropes into surrealist weaponry.
Director
Gonzalo Cordova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title parodies Latin American telenovelas while the dub format deliberately estranges viewers from 'authentic' Latinx cinema.
Directors Cordova and Manzur based Marioneta's arc on real Ecuadorian 'cuy farming' schemes targeting foreign investors — the horror is documentary-adjacent.
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