Miguel Curiel

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Miguel Curiel

Miguel Curiel is a Venezuelan filmmaker active since the 1980s, working as a director, screenwriter, producer, and occasionally cinematographer. He is best known for the feature La niña de Maracaibo (2011) and earlier works like Una noche oriental (1986), alongside documentaries such as Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poder (1997). A graduate in Letters from the Central University of Venezuela, Cur…

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Operación chocolateOperación chocolate · 1984
Operación chocolate
9.01984
MovieComedy
1984, in Venezuela, in a supermarket, young children are used as caddies: they load customers' errands and roll them up to their car. Their leader is Rafa (Amilcar Rivero). Cheo (Alexandra Rodriguez) would like to be caddy and despite the agreement of the chief of staff, Rafa asked him to pass the test of the "little day": spend a night inside the store without getting caught by the guards.
La ManoLa Mano · 1995
La Mano
7.01995
MovieHorrorTV Movie
A 1995 TV movie from Venezuelan TV channel RCTV Producciones, this 60-minute horror comedy features writer/director/star Tony Rodríguez as the lead, Armandito, who travels to Caracas and stays in an inn with a mysterious past involving a former resident whose hand was severed. After an electrifying accident, Armandito's hand becomes possessed and he controlled by its urges and mission to complete unfinished business.
LilyLily · 1983
Lily
7.01983
Movie
Lily tells the story of two prostitutes who live on the side of a road, running a humble house that is frequented by truck drivers and people from neighboring towns.
ManonManon · 1986
Manon
7.01986
MovieDrama
During a bus ride through the Andes, two seminarians encounter with a woman named Manon. Immediately, one of them falls in love and the attraction is mutual, so they decide to flee to capital city to start a new life. But the love of Manon ambitious drags this man to leave his vocation and commit criminal acts to maintain a life of luxury and extravagance.
Wayúu: La Niña de MaracaiboWayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo · 2012
Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo
3.52012
MovieFantasyDrama
A detective, goes from Spain to the Venezuelan Guajira, hired by the king of Wuayuus, to protect her, Niña de Maracaibo (wife of King, who belongs to an aristocratic family in the city) the detective tries to discover a conspiracy greater than initially imagined. Where he is only one piece in a plot which mixes smuggling, power struggles and tribal magic. The clash of two opposite visions, the 'Western' Spanish researcher, and the 'native' the Wuayuu original owners of Caribbean, converts this format film apparently 'police' in a thesis film revealing the mystery of the still existing singular South American identity.
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.
Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poderVenezuela: los guerrilleros al poder · 1997
Venezuela: los guerrilleros al poder
1997
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that tells the story of some Venezuelan guerrilleros who, following the so-called Pacification of the 1970s, held official positions in various Venezuelan state entities. Venezuelan political figures share their perspectives on this recent event in Venezuelan history.
La máxima felicidadLa máxima felicidad · 1982
La máxima felicidad
9.01982
MovieDrama
Two men and a woman are about to experience living as a threesome, this process brings out of them their fears, some moral barriers must be dismantled before the complex process of understanding and accepting each other can succeed.

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