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La Fortaleza (film)
''Fortitude'' ( es, La Fortaleza) is a 2020 internationally co-produced Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Jorge Thielen Armand. It premiered in the Tiger Competition of the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam. A co-production between Venezuela, Colombia, France and The Netherlands, the film premiered in Venezuelan cinemas on 23 December 2021. Plot ''La Fortaleza'' is inspired by the real life story of the filmmaker's father, Jorge Roque Thielen, who in turn plays the main character. It is noted that the film oscillates between fiction and reality. Roque, the protagonist, dives into the jungle to escape from his alcoholism, his demons and the social and Crisis in Venezuela, economic crisis in Venezuela. However, the meeting with old friends and the promises of gold at a work in a mine divert his desire for redemption and he enters a vicious circle of violence around mining. This will make him sink in a cycle that devours his interior. In that moment, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Thielen Armand
Jorge Thielen Armand (born 1990, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He studied communications at Concordia University in Montreal, and later, with Rodrigo Michelangeli, founded the Canadian-Venezuelan film production company La Faena Films. He has directed two feature films, La Soledad (film), ''La Soledad'' and ''La Fortaleza (film), La Fortaleza,'' and the short film ''Flor de la Mar (short film), Flor de la Mar''. All three films have received positive reviews from critics. Biography Armand's first feature film, ''La Soledad'' (English: ''The Solitude''), premiered in the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, 73ยบ Venice International Film Festival receiving the Jury Prize in Biarritz Film Festival, Biarritz and the Audience Award for Best Film in the Miami International Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, followed by other accolades around the world. His second feature film, ''La Fortaleza'' (English: ''Fortitude''), prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |