José Ramón Novoa

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José Ramón Novoa

Born August 22, 1954 · Montevideo, Uruguay (age 72)

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Known For

Glue SnifferGlue Sniffer · 1999
Glue Sniffer
6.61999
MovieCrimeDrama
Oliver flees from abuse of his family and seeks refuge in the violent streets of Caracas, where survival is only possible in an environment of corruption, crime and sniffing glue to escape hunger, like other children in the same situation. Soon, the child becomes part of the clashes between drug gangs and corrupt policemen.
SoloSolo · 2014
Solo
2014
MovieThriller
Thomas is a military officer with a successful career. He is married to Teresa and is the father of Lucas, a blind child, but with a view of the world beyond the visible. Despite his blindness, Lucas can see things that others can not see and hear things that others can not hear. He knows that something shocking will happen.
AgoníaAgonía · 1985
Agonía
8.01985
MovieDrama
Jorge plans to sell the family plantation so that he and his wife, Aida can leave the country. Story centers on events which take place during the two days and a night of negotiations for the sale with two visiting men.
SicarioSicario · 1994
Sicario
7.21994
MovieDrama
Jairo is a teenager living in a marginal world, in a neighborhood full of drugs and assaults. Tired of poverty and his family hell, he is forced to resort to violence. He thinks his only way out of misery through the world of crime, so he decides to participate in an assault to get money with which to regain their dignity.
A Distant PlaceA Distant Place · 2010
A Distant Place
5.32010
MovieDramaRomance
Julian, a renowned photographer who has reached forty years, he discovered a cancer that undermines their strengths and taking away all hope. But he has a dream, a vision that changed his life. He dreams of a picture that has ever taken. Julian travels to the faraway place, and find the photo, a woman and a freak accident, finding also that your life will change forever.
B-HappyB-Happy · 2004
B-Happy
5.92004
MovieDrama
A determined teenager must rely on her own wits when her fractured family abandons her.
In This Tricky LifeIn This Tricky Life · 2001
In This Tricky Life
5.42001
MovieDrama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
TamaraTamara · 2016
Tamara
6.82016
MovieDramaRomance
The story of a lawyer's journey to overcome her fears and social boundaries in order to transition.

Filmography

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In This Tricky LifeIn This Tricky Life · 2001
In This Tricky Life
5.42001
MovieDrama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.

Co-Producer

UnAuthorizedUnAuthorized · 2010
UnAuthorized
9.02010
MovieDramaRomance
"Des-authorized" is the combination of three stories, three realities that coexist and feed. The journey begins in the imagination of Elia K, the principal, who imagines Elijah, a character who is a poor playwright facing the crossroads to be true to his art, or succumb to the pressures of the producers must decide his work between surrender or pay the price of his freedom. On another level, we have Nina and Frederick, the protagonists of the work that Elijah is writing. They only seek to love, they are forced to leave the paper and press the Elijah to them the end that his story deserves, this is the starting point of "Des-authorized" a film set in an imaginary city , colorful and delusional. In the line of "Amelie" and "Stranger Than Fiction", brings a reflection on art, creativity, love and heartbreak.

Producer

Devil's GoldDevil's Gold · 2000
Devil's Gold
4.72000
MovieDrama
Devil Gold is director José Novoa's third collaboration with producer Elia Schneider, and like the previous two films, Huelepega (or Glue Sniffer, which Schneider directed in 2000) and Sicario (1994), the film is a thriller-melodrama that focuses on a real-life problem plaguing Venezuela, with an emphasis on how the conditions affect children. Thus, after a few titles explaining the impact that gold mining has had on the country's Amazon region, along with helicopter footage (later to be blended into the narrative) of the ecologically devastated area, the film settles in on the lawless shanty town of Payapal for its narrative. Gallego (Armando Gota) runs the mine, exploiting his cheap labor force. Aroldo (Pedro Lander) breaks into Gallego's safe and steals his gold, along with a good deal of gold that Gallego was holding for his workers. Aroldo involves the unwitting Carmen (Jenny Noguera) in the robbery, and, when they are discovered, he shoots and kills Gallego's young son.

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