The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Set in the 1920s in Venezuela, this political melodrama by Jacobo Penzo follows the decision of the fictional Cruz Elías León (Franklin Virguéz), a young Venezuelan poet, to give up a life of social and possibly mainstream political advancement to go back to his home and family in an isolated fishing village and combat the despotic military dictator in charge of the country.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Tomás Eloy MartínezWriter
- Jacobo PenzoDirector
Cast
- Franklin VírgüezCruz Elías Salmerón Acosta
- Hilda VeraLa madre
- Doris WellsAsunción
- Elba EscobarCast
- Alicia PlazaCast
- Giles BickfordPrimer gringo
- Eduardo GilCast
- Edgar SerranoCast
- Martha PabónCast
- Henry ZakkaCast