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List Of Venezuelan Films
This is a list of films produced in Venezuela. Early film 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Cinema of Venezuela * List of South American films *List of Caribbean films References External links List of Venezuelan Movieson IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Venezuelan Films Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ... Films * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Demonio Es Un ángel
''The Demon is an Angel'' (Spanish:''Un ángel sin pudor'') is a 1949 Venezuelan comedy film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Susana Freyre, Juana Sujo and Juan Carlos Thorry.Sadlier p.48 Cast * Susana Freyre * Juana Sujo * Juan Carlos Thorry Juan Carlos Thorry (June 28, 1908, in Coronel Pringles – February 12, 2000 in San Antonio de Padua), born José Antonio Torrontegui, was an Argentine film actor, tango musician and director. Best known for his work in tango films in the Ci ... References Bibliography * Darlene J. Sadlier. ''Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment''. University of Illinois Press, 2009. External links * 1949 films 1949 comedy films Venezuelan comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Venezuelan black-and-white films {{Venezuela-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Díaz
Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez (August 8, 1928 – February 19, 2014) was a Venezuelan singer and Grammy Award-winning composer of Venezuelan music. Career Díaz endeavored to recover the folklore and musical traditions of the '' llanos'', the Venezuelan plains. This style of music has since been performed by artists such as Argentina's Mercedes Sosa, Brazil's Caetano Veloso, Spain's Joan Manuel Serrat, Peru's Susana Baca, Puerto Rico's Danny Rivera, and Venezuelans Franco De Vita, Soledad Bravo, Juan Carlos Salazar, Carlos Baute and José Luis Rodríguez, among others. Many of Diaz's works have been adapted by symphonies and choral ensembles throughout Venezuela, as well as being incorporated into the orchestral and choral arrangements of conductors and composers of academic music. Artists from various other disciplines have utilized Díaz's work. For example, German choreographer Pina Bausch included some of Díaz's songs in her work ''Nur Du''. Also, the film director Pedr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla De Sal
''Isla de sal'' ( en, Salt Island) is a 1964 Venezuelan drama comedy film directed by Clemente de la Cerda. It was his first feature film,Tirado, Ricardo. ''Memoria y notas del cine venezolano, 1960-1976'', Fundación Neuman, 1988. but was considered one of his more important works. Later he won national acclaim with his blockbuster Soy un delincuente (1976). Plot When Aurora discovers that his father has a big debt for the purchase of a new boat for his work as a fisherman, she decides emigrate to Caracas with her godfather Simon, for achieve fame and fortune as singer after that Walter Perez, a very famous TV producer, discovers her in her town, Chichiriviche, despite the opposition of Lydia (Walter's lover) and Venancio (Aurora's boyfriend). Cast *Lila Morillo ... Aurora *Simón Díaz ... Simon *Doris Wells ... Lydia *Orangel Delfín ... Venancio *Efraín de la Cerda ... Walter Perez * Hugo Blanco ... Himself *Héctor Bayardo *Jose Vasquez *Gisela López *Carlos Flores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuentos Para Mayores
''Cuentos para mayores'' ( Stories for seniors) was the second film by Venezuelan director Román Chalbaud. It was released in 1963 and was his first collaboration with José Ignacio Cabrujas. It was also his last feature film until the mid-1970s, during which time he devoted himself to television and theater, writing plays such as '' La quema de Judas'' and ''El pez que fuma'', which he later made into films. Production ''Cuentos para mayores'' is an anthology film, a genre popular around the 1960s and consisting of several sections that may or may not be related to each other by theme or character. Segments of these films could be directed by different authors and served as a platform for those who did not have the experience or resources to raise the financing for a solo feature film. In the case of anthologies with a single director, these could be an artistic decision or a way to expose in a single exhibition several short films that otherwise would not reach the general pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Cannes Film Festival
The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Orfeu Negro'' by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with '' Les Quatre Cents Coups'', directed by François Truffaut and closed with ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', directed by George Stevens. In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes in Cannes. Another important development of that year for the Festival, was that the French cinema moved away from the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1959 competition: Feature films *Marcel Achard (France) Jury President * Antoni Bohdziewicz (Poland) *Michael Cacoyannis (Greece) *Carlos Cuenca (Spain) *Pierre Daninos (France) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ignacio Cabrujas
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 las Telenovelas." Early years José Ignacio Cabrujas spent his childhood in the Caracas neighborhood of Catia. His parents were José Ramón Cabruja Esteso and Matilde Lofiego of Cabruja. His original name is "Cabruja" so he was changed when the a story emerged during his tenure in the Teatro Universitario (TU). The confusion arises from the renowned journalist Lorenzo Batallán, who published a note on the Cabrujas' performance at TU, adding an "S". Apparently the young actor was pleased and decided to continue using the 'S', so he came to be known as "José Ignacio Cabrujas." Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araya (film)
''Araya'' is a 1959 Venezuelan documentary film directed by Margot Benacerraf and co-written by Benacerraf and Pierre Seghers. Plot The film depicts the lives of labourers who extract salt from the sea off the Araya Peninsula in Venezuela. Their method for extracting salt, virtually unchanged for centuries, depends on gruelling physical labor, but provides a dependable, if meagre, living for the men and their families. The film ends with a recently built plant for mechanised salt extraction that could eliminate the community's traditional source of income. Filming ''Araya'' was produced by a two-person crew consisting of Margot Benacerraf and her cameraman Giuseppe Nisoli. On arriving at the arid and barren landscape of the Araya peninsula on the north coast of Venezuela Benacerraf remarked it was like "arriving on the moon". Although colour photography was available to Benacerraf and Nisoli, the decision was made to shoot in black and white, as it was deemed a more powerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Román Chalbaud
Román Chalbaud (born 10 October 1931) is a Venezuelan film director and screenwriter, as well as a prominent playwright. Starting work in television after prestigious training, Chalbaud moved into making films before the industry took off in his home country, returning to theatre where he had been a great success for several years until filmmaking became a viable industry again. He has served as the president of Venezuela's leading theatre, television, and film organisations. A documentary about his life and work called ''Román en el universo de las maravillas'', produced by Argentinian filmmakers, was released on 17 March 2018 in Altamira, Caracas at the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies. Early life Born in Mérida, Chalboud moved to Caracas with his grandmother at age six, and was seen in the city as a "learning-disabled" "country boy". Chalbaud was young, "in his adolescence" when he knew he wanted to be a storyteller, but also had a proclivity towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caín Adolescente
Adolescence of Cain () is a 1959 Venezuelan film and the first film of the Venezuelan filmmaker Román Chalbaud. It was based on his homonymous theatre play. The widow Juana (Carlota Ureta Zamorano) moves to the slums of Caracas with her son Juan (Edgar Jimenez). The film follows the impact of poverty on their relationships. The film has been described as "historically and artistically significant" in many ways. Synopsis Juana arrives with her son Juan to live in a hillside ''barrio'' of Caracas. They are poor, but Juan gets an apprenticeship nearby. Juan puts strains on his relationships after confessing his love to Carmen, a local girl, and walking in on his mother and her boyfriend, the sorcerer Encarnacin. Juan runs away. Though his friends seek him out he hides when he learns that his best friend Matias has impregnated Carmen. After Encarnacin is arrested, Juana descends into alcoholism and abandons Juan, who moves in with Carmen's mother. After some time, Matias finds Juan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Cannes Film Festival
The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held from 15 to 29 April 1953. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to ''The Wages of Fear'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The festival opened with ''Horizons sans fin'' by Jean Dréville. During the opening ceremony, Walt Disney was awarded the "Legion of Honour" from the hands of Monsieur Hugues, Minister of Information. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1953 competition: Feature films *Jean Cocteau (France) Jury President *Louis Chauvet (France) (journalist) *Titina De Filippo (France) * Guy Desson (France) (MP official) * Philippe Erlanger (France) * Renée Faure (France) * Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France) *Abel Gance (France) *André Lang (France) *Georges Raguis (France) (union official) * Edward G. Robinson (USA) *Charles Spaak (Belgium) *Georges Van Parys (France) Short films *Bert Haanstra (Netherlands) *Roger Leenhardt (France) * René Lucot (France) *Jean Queval (France) (journalist) * Jacques Schiltz (France) *Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Urruchúa
Víctor Urruchúa (30 December 1912 – 1981) was a Mexican actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 24 films between 1926 and 1951. He also directed 15 films between 1944 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Two Monks'' (1934 - actor) * ''Judas'' (1936 - actor) * ''The Priest's Secret'' (1941 - actor) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942 - actor) * ''Ramona ''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...'' (1946 - directed) * '' Luz en el páramo'' (1953 - directed) References External links * 1912 births 1981 deaths Mexican male film actors Mexican film directors Mexican people of Basque descent 20th-century Mexican male actors 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
