Francisco de Miranda

SUNDAY, APRIL 27/ 6:15

Francisco de Miranda (Diego Rísquez, 2006) 105’
The story of a revolutionary Venezuelan who lived in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Francisco de Miranda was one of the first revolutionaries in the country. The film includes the performance of actresses Beatriz Valdez (Manuela Sáenz), Mimi Lazo, Ruddy Rodriguez, among others: starring Luis Fernández in the roll of Miranda.

The Smoking Fish

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23/ 3:00

El pez que fuma / The Smoking Fish (Román Chalbaud, 1978) 120’
Probably the most famous film within Venezuelan cinematography: A sort of coat-of-arms of the Chalbaudian universe, and also the fruit of his theatrical background, the film displays a remarkable expressive maturity, evidenced by a míse-en-scène with Fellinesque trimmings, an excellent control of the narrative tempo and a rounded, passionate script that creates a wonderful parable about power and its fleeting expressions, through the characters and activities at a famous brothel in La Guaira.