The House of Water

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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.

Country:

Venezuela

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1984

Director:

Jacobo Penzo

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Company:

Jacobo Penzo Producciones

Cast:
Franklin Vírgüez

Cruz Elías Salmerón Acosta

Giles Bickford

Primer gringo

Hilda Vera

La madre

Doris Wells

Asunción

Crew:
Jacobo Penzo

Director

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Writer