Tag: Venezuelan

  • Tamara

    Tamara

      For her fourth time in the director’s chair Venezuelan/American filmmaker Elia K. Schneider chose to tell a dramatized version of the controversial true-life story of the Law Professor who transitioned into Tamara Adrián and who would go on to become the first transgender person ever elected to Venezuela’s National Assembly. The movie version of the story…

  • El Inca

    El Inca

        This is the tragic real-life story of Edwin Valero who transformed himself from a poor petty-thief living a hand-to-mouth existence in a run down suburban Venezuelan small town to becoming the undefeated super-flyweight, and then lightweight boxing champion of the world. This dramatized account starts when the scrawny fit youngster is spotted in…

  • From Afar

    From Afar

    Middle-aged Armando (Alfredo Castro) is a rather solitary dental technician who cruises the streets of one of Caracas rougher neighborhood looking to pick up teenage boys.  He is more of a voyeur than a fornicator as he lures them back to his apartment with a thick wad of cash just to have them undress whilst he…

  • Liz in September

    Liz in September

    When Eva is on her way to her vacation her car breaks down in a small isolated coastal town and the local garage mechanic announces that the engine has blown and so she knows she is stranded.  She’s already slightly razzled as she is grieving from the recent death of her only son and has…