 The film industry in Paraguay has historically suffered from lack of funds, public interest and equipment, as well as the repressive Alfredo Stroessner government of 1954–1989.Argentine director Lucas Demare chose to film "La Sed" (1961), an adaptation of Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos's "Hijo de hombre", in Argentina because of this.The exception to this was the 1978 state-funded film "Cerro Cora", directed by Guillermo Vera, which promoted the historical and political views of the Stroessner government.