José Ignacio Cabrujas

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José Ignacio Cabrujas

Born July 17, 1937 · Caracas, Venezuela

Died October 21, 1995 · aged 58

José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego (July 17, 1937 – October 21, 1995 in Porlamar, Margarita Island) was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and political campaigns designer. He is considered one of the founders and innovators of the modern telenovela genre in Latin America, and is called the "Maestro de…

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ArayaAraya · 1959
Araya
★ 7.21959
MovieDocumentary
"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
The Day You Love MeThe Day You Love Me · 1986
The 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.
Días de poderDías de poder · 2011
Días de poder
2011
MovieHistoryDrama
The film tells the story of Fernando Quintero (Gustavo Camacho), revolutionary leader who, after the fall of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez, ascends to power, betraying their ideals to become an accomplice of repression against whom he fought.
The Smoking FishThe Smoking Fish · 1977
The Smoking Fish
★ 6.91977
MovieComedyDrama
A handsome young man is released from jail and goes to "El Pez que Fuma", a bordello in the outskirts of Caracas. La Garza, its middle-aged owner, hires the young man as handy man, but soon he takes the place of the administrator, who is also La Garza's lover.
Más allá del silencioMás allá del silencio · 1985
Más allá del silencio
★ 7.91985
MovieCrimeDrama
Fidel, a deaf mugger, sees the possibility of a new life after he start attending to a school for the deaf. However his chances are getting shorter as the a police officer is after his trail.
La bombaLa bomba · 1975
La bomba
★ 9.01975
Movie
Venezuelan comedy by Julio César Mármol, featuring Joselo.
Chronicle of a Latin American SubversiveChronicle of a Latin American Subversive · 1974
Chronicle of a Latin American Subversive
★ 6.51974
MovieDramaThriller
1964, in a Latin American country, a journalist is head of an armed liberation movement that decides to initiate radical actions. His second in command, a farmer, and the other members of the group will kidnap a north american colonel stationed in Venezuela to force his government to suspend the execution of the vietnamese Nguyen Van Troi, accused of trying to assassinate the American Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara.
CarmenCarmen · 1978
Carmen
★ 5.51978
MovieMusicDrama
Carmen is a beautiful woman working in a business that is dedicated to smuggling. One day, Carmen fights and hurts to a smuggler woman, so a sergeant in the National Guard, José Navarro, stops detain her. In doing so he also falls in love with her, but jealousy will destroy his passion.

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Coup at DaybreakCoup at Daybreak · 1998
Coup at Daybreak
★ 6.81998
MovieDramaAction
The film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a group of military rebels staged a coup d'etat. Venezuelans found themselves as virtual prisoners. As the coup starts and fighting takes place from a military base which is in the center of the city's most affluent areas, with both luxury high rises and palatial mansions. The area of La Carlota provides a wealth of very interesting, often flamboyant and typical characters of the Latin America upper middle and upper classes. They are among the most affected. Various vignettes in these different characters' homes are developed. These people's reactions, lifestyles, vices, and humanity come out in a very honest fashion under duress.

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Iniciación de un shamánIniciación de un shamán · 1980
Iniciación de un shamán
★ 7.01980
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Halfway between fiction and documentary, Initiation of a Shaman tells the story of Rarowe, a young Yanomami who is about to be initiated and must make contact with spirits brought by other shamans. The young man feels the effects of the initiation and always waits until the end to see if he can withstand it. The initiation itself is a rare event and occurs only when the old medicine man is about to die. The ancient rites includes the struggle of the youth with evil spirits which attempt to prevent the old witch doctor from imparting his wisdom to the young man. Hallucinogetic plants are used by the tribe to increase perception. The eerie images depicted are similar to those evoked in the books of Castaneda.

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EmperatrizEmperatriz · 2011
Emperatriz
★ 8.32011
SeriesDramaComedy
Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and Carmen Delgado. Omar Fierro made special appearance in the first five episodes, and later returns in the final part of the series.[1] The filming process took place between 17 March 2011 - 30 September 2011. The series premiered on 5 April 2011, 19 days after filming the first scene, at 8:30pm, occupying Prófugas del Destino's slot, and ended on 8 November 2011. Emperatriz is also known as most selling telenovela of 2011.

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