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Fausto Verdial
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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.
Una noche oriental · 1986Una noche oriental
★ 10.01986
MovieComedyDrama
Benito Zamora, a conspirator against the Perezjimenista government, uses Leonor Montes, a young vedette friend of a colonel, to find information. National Security is pursuing Benito to dismantle the plot.
The Company Forgives a Moment of Madness · 1978The Company Forgives a Moment of Madness
★ 7.51978
MovieDrama
A skilled worker has a sudden nervous breakdown at the company for which he has been working for the last 20 years. He attacks the machines and smashes the windows. The company decides to have him undergo treatment with a well-known young psychiatrist. She will try to bring light the reasons for his behavior so he can adapt himself to his work once again.
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 Day You Love Me · 1986The Day You Love Me
★ 7.01986
MovieDramaRomance
Two communist lovers prepare to move to the Ukraine and work on a collective farm. Meanwhile, a celebrated pop singer visits their small town, and secrets are revealed.
Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle · 1977Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle
★ 8.51977
MovieComedy
Alexander and her friend Diosa start working in a furniture store, Alexander suspects that the owner is involved in a murky business.
(Alias) El Rey del Joropo · 1978(Alias) El Rey del Joropo
★ 6.01978
MovieDrama
Alfredo Alvarado is a famous dancer and criminal from Venezuela. His horrifying adventures are narrated through a television program. It exposes the contradictions of that context. It is based on the book Los cuentos de Alfredo Alvarado “El Rey del Joropo", by Edmundo Aray.
Adiós, Miami · 1984Adiós, Miami
★ 7.81984
MovieComedyDrama
A sharp black comedy that lays bare the contradictions, obsessions, and moral emptiness of a Venezuelan man who has climbed the social ladder through easy money rather than effort. The film portrays a glittering yet hollow way of life, marked by excess, paranoia, and emotional dislocation. Oswaldo, weary of his stagnant marriage, embarks on a passionate affair with a television star, believing that money lies at the center of all human relationships. In a world where everything seems purchasable—desire, loyalty, even identity—the film exposes the seductive illusion and underlying madness of sudden wealth.
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