King Hugo and His Dumsel (2009)
Sobre o filme
Liliana, a mother of 5 kids, living in terrible condition in a Caracas’s “favela”, is hoping to get a new flat from President Chavez in order to change her life. In August 2007, Chavez convokes a referendum in order to change the constitution and get absolute power. Carlos, a local party activist, tries to convince Liliana to vote for the new constitution. Liliana is promised that she’ll get a flat if she votes for Chavez. The student movement opposes the reform and is brutally repressed by the Police. Hugo Rey is a journey into the totalitarian mechanism employed by Chavez to perpetuate his power. After the film was show in Venezuelan Cable Tv, all the independent Directors are a Military target of the Chavez’s Militia Group “La Piedrita”
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technical sheet
Título original:
Hugo Rey Y Su Doncella
Fotografia:
Ernesto Perez Mauri
Elenco:
Carlos Villegas, Hugo Chavez, Yon Goicochea, Freddy Guevara, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Naomi Campbell