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The House of Water(1984)

  • Drama
6.0

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.

Status:Released
Release Date:May 16, 1984
Runtime: 1h 30m

Director:

Jacobo Penzo

Writer:

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Top Cast

Franklin Vírgüez

Franklin Vírgüez

Cruz Elías Salmerón Acosta

Giles Bickford

Giles Bickford

Primer gringo

Hilda Vera

Hilda Vera

La madre

Doris Wells

Doris Wells

Asunción

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