Franklin Vírgüez

The House of Water (1984)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacobo Penzo
CAST:  Franklin Vírgüez  •  Giles Bickford  •  Hilda Vera  •  Doris Wells

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacobo Penzo
CAST:  Franklin Vírgüez  •  Giles Bickford  •  Hilda Vera  •  Doris Wells

Cabrujas en el país del disimulo (2017)

Beginning with his childhood and covering the many facets that characterized his intellectual universe, this documentary details the different aspects of the most important venezuelan writer of the 60s, 70s and 80s: José Ignacio Cabrujas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Llerandi  •  Belén Orsini
CAST:  José Ignacio Cabrujas  •  Román Chalbaud  •  Antonio Llerandi  •  Elba Escobar

Beginning with his childhood and covering the many facets that characterized his intellectual universe, this documentary details the different aspects of the most important venezuelan writer of the 60s, 70s and 80s: José Ignacio Cabrujas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Llerandi  •  Belén Orsini
CAST:  José Ignacio Cabrujas  •  Román Chalbaud  •  Antonio Llerandi  •  Elba Escobar

Domingo de resurrección (1982)

A middle class family goes to the beach to spend Easter  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Bolívar
CAST:  Flavio Caballero  •  Arturo Calderón  •  Juan Manuel Laguardia  •  Yajaira Paredes

A middle class family goes to the beach to spend Easter  (more)

DIRECTION:  César Bolívar
CAST:  Flavio Caballero  •  Arturo Calderón  •  Juan Manuel Laguardia  •  Yajaira Paredes

Crab (1982)

Commissioner Leon (Miguel Angel Landa) of the Technical Judicial Police is assigned to the kidnapping of a child of the upper class of Caracas. The details of the kidnapping the attention of Leon, as there is no evidence of violence in the child's home, or ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Román Chalbaud
CAST:  América Alonso  •  Yanis Chimaras  •  Franklin Vírgüez  •  Miguelangel Landa

Commissioner Leon (Miguel Angel Landa) of the Technical Judicial Police is assigned to the kidnapping of a child of the upper class of Caracas. The details of the kidnapping the attention of Leon, as there is no evidence of violence in the child's home, or ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Román Chalbaud
CAST:  América Alonso  •  Yanis Chimaras  •  Franklin Vírgüez  •  Miguelangel Landa

Retén de Catia (1984)

Venezuelan movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clemente de la Cerda
CAST:  Orlando Zarramera  •  Aroldo Betancourt  •  Evelin Berroterán  •  Carlos Olivier

Venezuelan movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clemente de la Cerda
CAST:  Orlando Zarramera  •  Aroldo Betancourt  •  Evelin Berroterán  •  Carlos Olivier

Asesino Nocturno (1986)

A young man is haunted by the memory of his father who abandoned him as a child. By transferring the image of his father to men with similar attitudes or physical traits, kills them. Acts with his lover, much older than himself, who finally delivers it to the police  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Cortés
CAST:  Gledys Ibarra  •  Franklin Vírgüez  •  José Paniagua  •  Nancy Gonzalez

A young man is haunted by the memory of his father who abandoned him as a child. By transferring the image of his father to men with similar attitudes or physical traits, kills them. Acts with his lover, much older than himself, who finally delivers it to the police  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Cortés
CAST:  Gledys Ibarra  •  Franklin Vírgüez  •  José Paniagua  •  Nancy Gonzalez

En territorio extranjero (1994)

Two technicians foreign oil, along with the daughter of one of them, coming into the country to verify that there is a large oil field in the jungle area. They go in the area and must struggle against nature, isolation, loneliness and violence. The result, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacobo Penzo
CAST:  Erick Ekvall  •  Daniel López  •  Maya Oloe  •  Franklin Vírgüez

Two technicians foreign oil, along with the daughter of one of them, coming into the country to verify that there is a large oil field in the jungle area. They go in the area and must struggle against nature, isolation, loneliness and violence. The result, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacobo Penzo
CAST:  Erick Ekvall  •  Daniel López  •  Maya Oloe  •  Franklin Vírgüez

Hotel Providencia (2022)

Sandra and Gerardo, a young newlywed couple, addicted to drugs and eager for easy money, are on their honeymoon, enjoying life and sex, they decide to buy a hotel. Over time the businesses does not go very well and they begin to get into debt, the consumption of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caupolican Ovalles
CAST:  Sócrates Serrano  •  Adelina Menéndez  •  Aroldo Betancourt  •  Sheila Monterola

Sandra and Gerardo, a young newlywed couple, addicted to drugs and eager for easy money, are on their honeymoon, enjoying life and sex, they decide to buy a hotel. Over time the businesses does not go very well and they begin to get into debt, the consumption of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caupolican Ovalles
CAST:  Sócrates Serrano  •  Adelina Menéndez  •  Aroldo Betancourt  •  Sheila Monterola