Aquiles Nazoa
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A naive but humane student leaves his town with the ambition to become a doctor, promising to return to help his people, who see him as a local hero.
El raspado
The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
A young woman has her plans to catch a doctor reluctant to marry.
El demonio es un ángel
Venezuelan comedy by Juan Corona with text by Aquiles Nazoa.
Igualito a su papá
Italian-Venezuelan co-production directed by Renzo Russo, with text by Aquiles Nazoa.
Noche de milagros
Animation film about a horse.