The House of Water

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 16, 1984

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Venezuela

Production

Jacobo Penzo Producciones

Cast

Henry Zakka,Hilda Vera,Doris Wells,Alicia Plaza,Edgar Serrano,Franklin Vírgüez,Giles Bickford,Martha Pabón,Eduardo Gil,Elba Escobar

Director

Jacobo Penzo

Writer

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0085304