Discoveries from Venezuela World Cinema

Alejandro and Paula’s young relationship takes a dark turn when her parents reveal a family secret: they live with the preserved corpse of Paula’s grandfather, caring for it as if he were still alive.

Her lover left her, his wife does not let her to pass, her friend got in touch with terrorists, and her lawyer was an ordinary piece of shit. Can anyone go through all this and not get crazy?

In a time uncertainty times, Luisa and Juan Bautista feed their love, but the war separates them and she ends in prison. They must struggle to be together again and stay true to their love and ideals.

In 1999, torrential rains caused the greatest catastrophe in the history of Venezuela. A mudslide buried the 15,000 inhabitants of the city of La Guaira. Two women. Two generations. Isabel and Yudeixi are damaged during the tragedy that takes away their past in a matter of hours.

Lily tells the story of two prostitutes who live on the side of a road, running a humble house that is frequented by truck drivers and people from neighboring towns.

In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, is still alive. He calls on her, and although she will not talk to him about her life, his visit sends her to her chest of Bolívar's letters. As she reads them, the sepia-toned present gives way to flashbacks in color: she meets 'the Liberator' in 1822, becomes his lover, and also becomes a colonel in his military movement to realize the 'Gran Colombia', one nation across South America. As plague (brought by the ship) closes in on Manuela's household, so does her tempestuous story move toward Bolívar's betrayal and death.

Rotundo is a peasant who spends his days fostering a deep rancor. One morning, he finds out that the man to whom he promised revenge 9 years ago is an hour’s drive, that man is his brother Juvenal. During the drive, inside Rotundo’s mind the past and the present get mixed along with the love, hatred, betrayal and passion. When he arrives, an unexpected discovery will change Rotundo’s life forever.

A young man is forced into the blood-soaked world of underground soccer money games after his older brother runs up a gangland debt.

Anita Camacho, an ambitious maid poses as the owner of the house where she works in order to seduce a man of money, marry him and finally stop being poor.

Marcos collects insects and does not fit inside the institute where he studies, while Yorman collects the erotic recordings he stars in the bathroom and has control of his classmates. Within that world ruled by violence, Maryuri is the only thing that links and confronts them.

An attractive songstress (Libertad Leblanc) lands herself a performing contract and leaves her home in Buenos Aires. She travels to Venezuela, and when arriving in Caracas, she soon discovers that her contract is a hoax made by a major drug baron. She finds that she is knee-deep in trouble herself and must be careful if she is to get out of her predicament in one piece. When imported to the U.S., the film was dubbed into English, new footage (shot in New York City) was added and it was given the memorably salacious title The Pink Pussy: Where Sin Lives.

Retale the famous soap opera of 1970

Venezuelan film by Napoleón Ordosgoiti.

The 29 of October of 1988, a group of 14 fishermen of the population of El Amparo, Venezuela, were assassinated by a commando and presented/displayed to the public opinion like members of a guerrilla detachment. The truth of the events was well-known after the testimony of two survivors, but the case was investigated by the military justice that guaranteed the thesis of the confrontation. Later, the Inter-American Court of Human rights vindicates the fishermen and sentences against the Venezuelan State a sentence that 20 years later has been fulfilled partially, being material, intellectual and concealing the authors free and, in some cases, high positions to be able. This is a history of injustice and abuse authority, but also of perseverance and fights to clean the names of those humble fishermen, in spite of the passed time.

Intertwined stories of people fighting for love, survival and the truth during quarantine.

Tin Tan sets off for adventure on the isle of Puerto Rico. This musical comedy takes place in the International Airport of Puerto Rico during a day of carnival. Knowing the problems that go hand-in-hand with the carnival, the airport director appoints a team to deal with a threat from an anonymous letter.

Victoria Guanipa, a woman of mixed race uses her beauty and cunning to climb the social ladder and gain power in a society marked by racial and class divisions. Her ambition clashes with the traditions of the landowning family she marries into, particularly with Nicolás del Casal, who represents old aristocratic values.

Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.

Relates the life of one of Puerto Rico's most loved and revered composer and songwriter, Rafael Hernández.

Ignacio is known as El Iluminado de la Esmeralda (The Enlightened One of the Emerald) for his healing powers. Urged by the eviction of the house where he lives, he decides to charge for his services with an illusionist. What he ends up with is being mistreated and taken advantage of by others, even ending up in jail. After regaining his freedom, he goes mad.

In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbours of opposing social classes. Ana, Edgar and their son Bruno watch all the action from the windows of their decadent high-class building. Amidst a chaos of food, water and electricity shortages, the family has to solve everyday problems and the lack of basic needs while trying to find a solution to escape. Ana scavenges for food in the abandoned apartments, but strange noises in the dark corridors frighten her more and more. In a world that has become wild, Zafari is the only one who still has enough to eat.

Film by Olegario Barrera.

A married woman has a strange relationship with a man who violated her.

Humberto and Atilio, two elderly men confined in a nursing home, decide to flee when they see the arrival of some ballot boxes through the window, which makes them assume that their lives are in danger. The escape causes the mobilization of an entire military strategic team while the two elderly men and Daniel, an employee of the nursing home, wander around the roads of the area. In the end, they are unexpectedly armed and confront the “enemy”.

Martin wants to reconcile with his son Lucas, however, Lucas blames his father for the accidental death of his mother Julia. The reunion unleashes a tense exploration of their emotions and wounds that have yet to heal.

Ramiro is a ringleader of a gang of drug traffickers that in order to introduce a new drug, called Night Music (Música Nocturna), must eliminate Aurelio, the biggest drug lord. To implement his plan, he use his friend Daniel has bait who has a close friendship with Aurelio. Ramiro succeeds, murders Aurelio and proposes Daniel to participate in the drug business.

Investigating the murder of a drag, the journalist Heriberto Camargo discovers that the crime is part of a plot of police killings attributed to a character known as Vincent. The chronicles published by Camargo and his investigations to uncover the motive for the crimes confront Commissioner Sangretti.

Endi Paredes and Ángel Leiva invade the streets of Maracaibo.

The life of the fighter for Latin American independence Braulio Fernández, and his love for Lucía, a young and beautiful patriotic spy

In 1750, in the glare of the Caribbean, the man who created history known as the forerunner of independence in Venezuela. His name is Francisco de Miranda and, to be exact, is the largest globetrotter who has known the Americas, Miranda has a reputation as an inveterate wanderer, an eternal conspirator, a turncoat, a conqueror of nobles and courtiers, a lover of asylums, libraries, prisons and brothels, has written 63 volumes of his autobiography, a friend of princes, military and world-renowned artists, collector of women and unthinkable dreams, restless fugitive, owner of ten different names, and presented by the British press the moment as the future liberator of Spanish America.

A young couple struggles with jealousy.

Romantic melodrama with murderous rivalries, set on a newly-cultivated wilderness plantation in Guatemala.

During a long bus trip Manuel, bored by the world around him hopes for something or someone to come and change his life, forever. When he sees Graciela he can almost see his wish come true. Over the trip Manuel struggles to talk to Graciela, as he sees his Thoughts haunting her like a ghost, whispering to her ear everything he wishes he could say.

After an accident leaves him color-blind, Óscar moves in with his reclusive brother Víctor, beginning a shared life that will test the fragile bonds between them.

"Al Borde de la Línea" is the story of Claudia, a 16-year-old girl who works as a chambermaid in a rundown hotel where she is sexually abused by Rodriguez, the owner. She decides to escape with the help of her friend Alma, an older woman who is also a maid and Salvador, the driver of the morgue's van who is desperately in love with her. The night they have planned the escape, everything changes. Claudia runs away with Juan, a singer she met that day in the hotel's bar. Events unravel and bring them all back to the hotel "Crepúsculos de Venecia" a place of encounter, obsession, and betrayal. Their fate lies in Claudia's hands.

A terrible secret is hidden between the walls of an old house, the past returns and now, for Irene and Alberto, the moment of their condemnation and destruction has arrived.

A young man tries to save his relationship with his father before their differences lead them into an abyss of no return.

Narrates the story of a homeless shoeshine boy who lives under a bridge.

Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.

Told through animations, testimonials and pictures, a controversial and dramatic past Venezuelan time.

Dcumentary directed by Alberto Arvelo, which is a record for the posterity of as the first five decades of the career as the projection into the future of "La Super Banda de Venezuela". It is related from the present with interesting testimonies and electrifying performances in concert.

Venezuelan boy band flies to Acapulco for a week of performances. Two of them compete for the attentions of a slightly older girl and one is chased by a very clingy plain girl who is treated as a figure of fun. And then some stuff happens and stuff.

A huge wave is about to destroy the city. Many people leave in panic, only a few remain in the lonely streets. Among them are SEBASTIAN, a skeptical and irresolute young loner; ANA, a woman who seeks in others the passion she can’t live; and an apocalyptic GIRL. They turn the city into a games board where the stakes are love and the end of the world.

Super-8 videoclip by Víctor Rodríguez Castillo, for the rock band Sentimiento Muerto.

A Venezuelan black comedy from 1982 directed by César Bolívar, Domingo de Resurrección follows a middle-class family who head to the beach for Holy Week. Their Easter Sunday takes a dark turn when the grandmother dies peacefully in her sleep, triggering a chaotic chain of tragicomic misadventures. The film blends humor and absurdity as the family desperately tries to handle the situation amid everyday Venezuelan chaos.

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.

In the corridors of a Caracas hospital, two very dissimilar beings meet by chance one night. Coming from very different worlds, anxiety is the only thing they have in common. One of them is Antonieta Sanchez, a single mother who has made ends meet for herself and her son, Odulio, by washing clothes and ironing. She knows she has lost her son a long time ago: Odulio is a young criminal. The night he was shot, Antonieta's life changed forever. The other is Benigno Robles, an assistant district attorney who, as a young law student, devoted his career with hope and deeply rooted ideals of justice. When Elisa, his only daughter, is hit by a stray bullet, Benigno will never be the same. But this encounter between Antonieta and Benigno, seemingly coincidental, is not: there is a secret that will eventually come to light

Aquiles, an introverted museum curator is abandoned by Veronica, the love of his life. That same day, Víctor, an old and partying friend, whom his wife threw out of the house, arrives seeking refuge, but wants to turn this temporary shelter into his permanent home. Aquiles realizes that living with his friend is a nightmare and plans for Víctor to reconcile with his ex-partner Alicia so he can leave. Aquiles discovers that she is a lovely and wonderful woman, he does not fully understand how Alicia fell in love with a man like Víctor, and although she has a little remorse, she moves forward with the cupid plan. But Aquiles playing as cupid has a very bad aim and in the end, the arrow will point at him.

This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features portraits, still lifes, and scenes shot as tableaux vivants, the film provides an experimental interpretation of the arrival of the Spanish and their domination of the New World, as well as the Venezuelan Independence movement, focusing on the role of Simón Bolívar. There is no dialogue or narration, simply a musical score and the depiction of events from Bolívar’s career.

A naive but humane student leaves his town with the ambition to become a doctor, promising to return to help his people, who see him as a local hero.

A 13-year-old kid starts a journey along the Venezuelan coast and, in order to survive, he captivates people by constantly reinventing his own story in the mudslide. His true past, however, will gradually become clearer. Ten years ago the mudslide took his mother, now he thinks he can find her. He has a difficult road ahead of him, but there is also a world yet to be discovered.

An approximation to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by experimental animation artist José Castillo.