The House of Water (1984)

  • NR
  • 05/16/1984 (VE)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Writer

Jacobo Penzo

Director

Cast

Franklin Vírgüez's headshot

Franklin Vírgüez

Cruz Elías Salmerón Acosta
Giles Bickford's headshot

Giles Bickford

Primer gringo
Hilda Vera's headshot

Hilda Vera

La madre
Doris Wells's headshot

Doris Wells

Asunción

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