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OK Cleopatra (1970)
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A horse jockey believes his dead uncle's spirit has entered a mare named Cleopatra, which belongs to a moneygrubbing rancher.
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Agua que no has de beber (1984)
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One of the delivery men and three workers from a water bottling plant discover that the owners, due to the depletion of the spring, are using common water. The four friends think about denouncing the scam, but realizing that they would leave all the workers in the street, they decide to form a competing company based on the same ruse.
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El asesinato de Delgado Chalbaud (1979)
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In the turbulent Venezuela of the 1950s, ambition and betrayal intertwine in a drama that culminates in a tragic outcome. Rafael Simón Urbina, a man marked by resentment and frustration, hatches a plan to eliminate Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (Raúl Amundaray), the leader of the military junta that rules the country. Driven by a deep hatred for the regime and an unquenchable thirst for power, Urbina orchestrates a daring kidnapping that culminates in a brutal murder.
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Manoa (1980)
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The intent of novice director Solveig Hoogesteijn to make a drama about two Venezuelans from opposite sides of the economic and social tracks wobbles and weakens in the telling. Although the two compatriots both live in the capital, Caracas, and both love music, they have a need to go out into the rest of the country and discover their roots. As big-city dwellers, they are limited in their perspectives, though this excursion into other areas of Venezuela may prove more illuminating to them than to a foreign audience.
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No niego mi pasado (1952)
Character: Cantante
This is a film by Alberto Gout that deals with the story of a marriage in crisis. It all starts when Leonardo surprises his wife Susana with her lover and threatens him with death for stealing her.
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Operación chocolate (1984)
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1984, in Venezuela, in a supermarket, young children are used as caddies: they load customers' errands and roll them up to their car. Their leader is Rafa (Amilcar Rivero). Cheo (Alexandra Rodriguez) would like to be caddy and despite the agreement of the chief of staff, Rafa asked him to pass the test of the "little day": spend a night inside the store without getting caught by the guards.
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La hora del tigre (1985)
Character: Humberto
Humberto and Atilio, two elderly men confined in a nursing home, decide to flee when they see the arrival of some ballot boxes through the window, which makes them assume that their lives are in danger. The escape causes the mobilization of an entire military strategic team while the two elderly men and Daniel, an employee of the nursing home, wander around the roads of the area. In the end, they are unexpectedly armed and confront the “enemy”.
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Qué hombre tan simpático (1943)
Character: (uncredited)
Amable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
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El amor de mi bohío (1947)
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El Amor de M Bohio, which translates to "The Love of My Hut" (or shack ) and it comes from the lyrics o a popular love ballad of the same name. It is Director Juan Orol's tale of a violent love triangle where two farm hands out to prove who is the most macho, and thereby win the affections of a woman. This tragic love story takes place on a tropical plantation located just outside of Havana, where its workers are housed in small, thatched-roof "bohios". The two rival suitors are driven by passion for the girl they both love, and soon engage in a series of challenges designed to help this young woman choose the right guy in the end. These competitions start out to include simple and benign activities at first, like dancing, singing and dueling guitars, or betting on the winning bird at a cock-fight, However, they soon escalate to more violent activities, like public brawls, and saber dueling, which set life changing events into motion for everyone.
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Pasiones tormentosas (1946)
Character: Canillitas
In a small tropical town, two sisters fight over the love of a young man named José. Fabiola is a noble woman but Sandra will do anything to get him, including witchcraft.
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Nosotros (1945)
Character: Cantante (uncredited)
The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
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Una noche oriental (1986)
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Benito Zamora, a conspirator against the Perezjimenista government, uses Leonor Montes, a young vedette friend of a colonel, to find information. National Security is pursuing Benito to dismantle the plot.
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Coqueta (1949)
Character: Bailarín
Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
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El charro del arrabal (1949)
Character: Kiko
The plot revolves around Pancho Domínguez, alias “El Charro del Arrabal” (José Pulido), a former cattle rustler turned gangster who controls an extortion racket in the city. The story intensifies when he becomes involved in a turbulent romance with the rumbera Rosa (Rosa Carmina) and clashes with political and criminal rivals.
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Mi día de suerte (1993)
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El viaje (1992)
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A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
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Distinto Amanecer (1943)
Character: Singer at cabaret
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
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