Writing
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…
Known For
Días de poder · 2011Días 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.
La bomba · 1975La bomba
★ 9.01975
Movie
Venezuelan comedy by Julio César Mármol, featuring Joselo.
Araya · 1959Araya
★ 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.
Colonial Times · 1976Colonial Times
1976
MovieDocumentary
Three centuries of Venezuela's history as a Spanish colony are considered from economic, political and social standpoints; evocations of the past are compared to the present. Based on the ideas and research of Federico Brito Figueroa, Alfredo A. Alfonso, Miguel A. Saignes, Josefina Jordan, and Thaelman Urgelles among others.
Los días duros · 1970Los días duros
★ 10.01970
Movie
Venezuelan feature film by Julio César Mármol.
Iniciación de un shamán · 1980Iniciación 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.
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.
Juan Vicente Gómez y su época · 1974Juan Vicente Gómez y su época
★ 9.01974
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Documentary on Venezuela's dictator Juan Vicente Gómez.























