The House of Water

1984Directed by Jacobo Penzo

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Released: May 16, 1984
Runtime: 1h 30m

About The House of Water

Drama

Synopsis

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
Original title: La casa de agua

Principal cast

In billing order

Franklin VírgüezCruz Elías Salmerón Acosta
Hilda VeraLa madre
Doris WellsAsunción
Elba Escobar
Alicia Plaza
Giles BickfordPrimer gringo

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