Cuchillos de fuego (1990)
Version of the play "Todo bicho de uña". It tells the story of revenge. The tour of the Andean, for ten years, a young man in search of the rapist and murderer of his mother, takes us into the underworld strata fairs and circuses villagers.
- Date of release
- 1990-04-12
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Director
- Román Chalbaud
Casting
- Miguelangel Landa
- Pedro Lander
- Nathalia Martinez
- Marisela Berti
- Dora Mazzone
- Charles Barry
- Javier Fernandez
- Gabriel Martínez
- Jonathan Montenegro
- Carlos Carreño
- Ivelisse Velasco
- Martha Anette
Interesting facts
Cuchillos de fuego is a Venezuelan film released in 1990. It was directed by Román Chalbaud based on his theatre play Todo bicho de uña, where a young man, David, seeks revenge on his mother's rapist and murderer. In the film, which is styled like a Western, a stop-motion animated children's drawing of the young David crying over his mother's body is used to tell parts of the story. After searching through the Andes for ten years, he kills several Apaches for his revenge.
Production
The film stars Miguel Ángel Landa, who also produced it, as well as Marisela Berti, Javier Zapata, Charles Barri, Natalia Martínez, Gabriel Fernández, Dora Mazzone, Jonathan Montenegro, Gabriel Martínez, and Raúl Medina.
Despite being a Spanish co-production, it was not released in Spain.
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