Leonardo Henríquez

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Leonardo Henríquez

Leonardo Henríquez did studies on publicity at the New York Institute of Advertising between 1970 and 1973. He studied direction and film technique from 1974 to 1978 at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais of Paris, France, and then, took part in a workshop on the most advanced film and video techniques, at the FEMIS institute of France. First, he achieved prestige as editor in Diego Risque…

Known For

Caño MánamoCaño Mánamo · 1983
Caño Mánamo
★ 6.41983
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the building of a damn near Caño Mánamo and the effects it has on the environment.
TransTrans · 1982
Trans
1982
MovieDocumentary
Trans is a 1982 Venezuelan documentary short film that offers an intimate look into the lives of a group of trans women and drag performers in Caracas, exploring their experiences in a society marked by transphobia and homophobia. Through interviews and performances, the documentary highlights the resilience and dignity of these women in the face of widespread discrimination and violence. Premiering Mérida in 1982 and screened later at the Venezuelan National Cinematheque in 1983, Trans is considered a pioneering work in the representation of the trans community in Latin American cinema.
BleederBleeder · 2003
Bleeder
★ 3.62003
MovieHistoryDrama
Maximilian was a righteous man, but a member of a fearsome clan of bandits. One day he encounters the destination: the witches of the moors advocate his ascension to the control of the band. From that moment, the man was just what doubts assail, ambition, fear of betrayal and the oath of obedience to the will of the chief Durán, who must kill to take command.
Tierna es la NocheTierna es la Noche · 1990
Tierna es la Noche
★ 8.51990
MovieDramaMystery
Tierna es la Noche is a film without bullets nor sea, without mosquitoes, without peasants nor flowers. It only contains a barman, a man and a beautiful woman who lives in a bathroom. For commercial reasons, we have included two policemen, a drop of blood and a multilingual nymphomaniac. For aesthetic reasons, a tear and a black man. For both reasons, the film takes place anachronically, during the fifties and nineties in a make-believe city called Caracas. It's a story of histerics, like all stories, unfinished.
Tokyo-ParaguaipoaTokyo-Paraguaipoa · 1996
Tokyo-Paraguaipoa
★ 4.21996
MovieDramaThriller
Ryuzo, Japanese young man who has committed a crime of passion in Tokyo, is sent by his father to Paraguaipoa to escape justice. In this place, inhabited by the Wayuu ethnic group, meets Princess Campanula. Among them was a love affair, not welcomed by the smuggler Challenger occurs.
Free ColorFree Color · 2020
Free Color
★ 6.52020
MovieDocumentary
Carlos Cruz-Diez is one of the most prominent and influential Kinetic-Optic artists of our times. At 94 years of age, Cruz-Diez pursues an avant-garde challenge: to free color from form. This documentary follows the Maestro as he undertakes the most daring project of his creative life in his twilight years.
Cabrujas en el país del disimuloCabrujas en el país del disimulo · 2017
Cabrujas 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.
PielPiel · 1998
Piel
★ 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.

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