Hugo Márquez
2021Bolívar, sinfonía tropikal
Diego Rísquez
Temístocles López, Antonio Eduardo Dagnino
This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features portraits, still lifes, and scenes shot as tableaux vivants, the film provides an experimental interpretation of the arrival of the Spanish and their domination of the New World, as well as the Venezuelan Independence movement, focusing on the role of Simón Bolívar. There is no dialogue or narration, simply a musical score and the depiction of events from Bolívar’s career.
Bolívar, a Tropical Symphony
Orinoko, Nuevo Mundo
Diego Rísquez
Kosinegue, Rolando Peña
The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
Orinoco, New World
Sicario
José Ramón Novoa
Laureano Olivares, Gledys Ibarra
Jairo is a teenager living in a marginal world, in a neighborhood full of drugs and assaults. Tired of poverty and his family hell, he is forced to resort to violence. He thinks his only way out of misery through the world of crime, so he decides to participate in an assault to get money with which to regain their dignity.
Sicario
Amérika, terra incógnita
Diego Rísquez
María Luisa Mosquera, Hugo Márquez
This low-budget avant garde feature uses no dialogue in telling the story of the reaction of the Spanish court after the initial exploration of America. A botanist revels in his collection of new plants. A native is baptized in a church ceremony, and nuns and court jesters appear throughout this rambling feature.
Amerika, Terra Incognita
