Magic Country 1959
Spectacular documentary about Venezuela.
Spectacular documentary about Venezuela.
Ramon Antonio Brizuela is a criminal whose life passes between rounds, parties and showdowns. Recognized by a witness during an assault, he is taken to jail where he becomes aware of the unfair and corrupt judicial system.
In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.
In the begining of 20th century, after the "thousand days war", the country was devastated. Gunmen to the service of land lords attack small land owners to get their lands. Aquileo is the only one who survives, and promises to take revenge on the killers.
Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese Starring: Amador Bendayan, Susana Duijm, Nyta Dover
Based on the real story of the murder of Venezuelan lawyer Ramón Carmona Vásquez by a paramilitary group. Based on the book Grupo Táctico Operacional GATO by Alexis Rosas.
A gang of young people falls into a world of violence and drugs.
Two days in the life of six kids who work for Omar, a dwarf, in a huge garbage dump outside of Caracas where they scrounge bottles, paper, cloth, and whatever they can find to recycle.
Melina and Segundo get married in a collective ceremony that is part of the electoral campaign of the People's Party candidate. Segundo begins to work at the Maracaibo Petroleum Company. He soon becomes involved in the mysterious disappearance of the town's priest, who is involved in arms trafficking in support of the guerrillas. Segundo is imprisoned and Melina falls victim to her boss's abuse. From this moment on, both participate in smuggling and prostitution as the easiest solution to survive.
Argenis Ledesma, a Metropolitan Police officer, has been imprisoned for murdering three young men who were allegedly having an intimate relationship with his wife. Ledesma himself, and various personalities closely involved in the events, describe the circumstances of the crime. The film narrates the police corruption that led to the censorship of the documentary and the imprisonment of its director.
As a funeral procession advances through a dusty town in the Paraguana peninsula, a young man rides his bicycle through the crowd. A beautiful woman stands apart from the crowd and gazes in wonder as the young man rides away. A child, the town's fool and the woman go after the Bicycle, each character with his own motivation. Enraged with indignation, the men also follow the cyclist through the town and onto the desert seeking to kill him.