Abril

Abril

2017 · 99 min · History, Drama

On April 11th of 2002 a coup d'état against the venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frías kept the country in a state of total uncertainty regarding his whereabouts, two days later he returned to power. This is a chronicle of those days.

Directed by José Antonio Varela · Written by Luis Alberto Lamata

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