According to legend, the native princess Maria Lionza was kidnapped by an anaconda. The story lives on to this day, and she is still widely worshipped in Venezuela. Nowadays, her followers are not only found in jungles and villages, but also in modern cities. They still practice rituals rooted in traditional Venezuelan society, hoping to find spiritual guidance in the process. ...
The filmmaker and writer Margot Benacerraf is not only the pioneer of auteur cinema in Venezuela, but one of the most important cultural managers of that country. This documentary shows the life and work of the director and founder of the National Film Library of Venezuela.
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Laura wakes up in an empty bus in an unknown area of Caracas. Now she has to unveil the truth behind what seemed to be a common episode of drug induced abduction
This is an experimental film with almost no dialogue, except for a few words in Italian in the middle of the film. Conquistadors capture an Indian (Alberto Martín) and bring him back to Europe along with birds and other exotica. He is kept at court as a specimen to be displayed and looked at. A princess in the Italian begins a clandestine affair with him and has a child. Eventu...
After practicing various professions, Jacinto becomes a movie projectionist. This versatile man converts his truck into an audiovisual whale in order to show films on the street. El Cine Soy Yo (The Moving Picture Man) are the adventures, both tender, cruel and Romanesque of a unique family travelling in the belly of an extraordinary autovisual fish.