La planta insolente

La planta insolente

2017 · 90 min · Drama, History, War

The film reproduces the historical moment when Cipriano Castro, then president of Venezuela, proclaimed: "The insolent plant of the foreigner has desecrated the sacred soil of the fatherland!" While the coasts were invaded by imperial forces in 1902.

Directed by Román Chalbaud · Written by Luis Britto García

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