Production
Antonio Llerandi
Born August 21, 1943 · Caracas, Venezuela (age 83)
He was born in Caracas on August 21, 1943. He combined his university studies with a theatrical activity. He receives cinematographic formation along with Mario Robles in the realization of Image of Caracas (1965-68). His first cinematographic work Pequeño Mundo dates from 1973. In 1975 in company of Iván Feo he realizes, by initiative of INCIBA / National Council of the Culture, the films Desca…
Known For
Portable Country · 1979Portable Country
★ 7.01979
MovieDramaHistory
Portable Country is a classical Venezuelan film about the urban guerrilla. Based on the novel of the same name, written by Adriano González León, the film centers on Andrés Barazarte, a disillusioned man from a wealthy landowning family, who grapples with his personal and political identity in the midst of Venezuela's tumultuous social changes and engages in the guerrilla. He reflects on his life, his family's decline, and the broader struggle for power in a country torn between tradition and revolution.The story unfolds as Andrés is tasked with transporting a mysterious package. This journey becomes a metaphor for his search for meaning and a confrontation with his family’s, and his country's, violent past. His recollections weave together with present events, creating a complex tapestry of memory and history.
Verde Salvaje · 2014Verde Salvaje
2014
MovieDocumentary
"Verde Salvaje" follows three biologists, who embark on their adventures in Isla de Aves, Los Roques and the Gulf of Venezuela, to provide three points of view on the fascinating green turtle, a species in danger of extinction. These stories show that while biodiversity side, they also present a stark contrast as why the Wayuu communities have been striving for centuries to be able to feed their families.
Piel · 1998Piel
★ 10.01998
MovieDramaRomance
A hazardous encounter leads América and Juan Pedro to recognize in each other the unsuspicious emotion of the first love. Young and innocent identified with their artistic devotion -he is a composer, she a dancer- they overstep the bound of their shared feeling, joyful and without great fears. They never imagined that their openhearted and pure love could hide a stain: that of racial prejudice.
Caracas Love unto Death · 2000Caracas Love unto Death
★ 4.52000
MovieDrama
In the shantytowns of Caracas, teenage Aixa finds herself unexpectedly pregnant and trapped between conflicting forces: her grandmother Carmen, young yet matriarchal head of the sprawling family clan, desperately tries to prevent Aixa from repeating the cycle of teenage motherhood that has plagued the women in her house for generations; meanwhile Ramon, the drug-linked young father, more obsessed with the idea of a child than with responsibility, resorts to threats—“If you get rid of the baby, I’ll kill you”—to impose his will. All around Aixa, others believe they know what’s best for her—but the choice of life or death, hope or despair, remains hers alone in a world where survival is the only certainty.
Profundo · 1988Profundo
★ 7.01988
Movie
Based on the play by José Ignacio Cabrujas, it is a comedy with deep popular roots and, essentially, Latin American.
Little Thieves, Big Thieves · 1998Little Thieves, Big Thieves
★ 8.61998
MovieDramaComedy
In the wake of a banking crisis, four middle class friends throw a 'white glove' hold up, only to find out that their bank has already gone bankrupt.
Cabrujas en el país del disimulo · 2017Cabrujas en el país del disimulo
2017
Movie
Beginning with his childhood and covering the many facets that characterized his intellectual universe, this documentary details the different aspects of the most important venezuelan writer of the 60s, 70s and 80s: José Ignacio Cabrujas.
The Longest Distance · 2013The Longest Distance
★ 7.72013
MovieDramaFamily
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
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