Elia Marcelli
Directing
Biography
Italian poet, filmmaker and screenwriter. He lived in Venezuela between the 1940s and the 1970s, were he developed most of his filmmaking career. He was assistant director for Venezuelan filmmaker César Enríquez, and later partner with writer José Natalio Estrada to film several movies about the Venezuelan Llanos.
Known For
Henri is a music composer, but after a love affair gone wrong, he decides to leave civilization, and isolate himself deep in the valley of the Amazon river. Moana is a girl who finds him attractive, and informs him about the tribe's treasure. Eventually, his heart balances between a new love or getting hugely rich.
Moana, Virgin of the Amazon
Pablo returns to the neighborhood where he spent the early years of his life, searching for Juanito, but he does not find him. His sister Delia tells him that Juanito has lost his job and, in his desperation, has turned to crime. It is considered as the first Venezuelan and Latin American neorealist film.
La escalinata
Movie based on José Natalio Estrada's novel, María del Llano.
María del Llano
Documentary that tells the story of a group of laborers who live on the banks of the Amazon.
Llano adentro
Documentary on the Indigenous tribes that live in the Venezuelan Llanos.
Séptimo Paralelo
Short film about Simón Bolívar.