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The House of Water

1984 · 90 min · Drama

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.

Director
Jacobo Penzo
Writer
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Released
May 16, 1984
Language
Spanish
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