The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
Directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen
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The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.Read moreLess
The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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Arturo de CórdovaCaptain Mendoza
Virginia LuqueEsperanza
Juana SujoCast
Néstor ZavarceCast
Juan CoronaCast
María GámezCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Carlos Hugo Christensen
- Writer
- Carlos Hugo Christensen
- Writer
- Aquiles Nazoa
- Producer
- Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco
- Director of Photography
- José María Beltrán
- Producer
- Carlos Hugo Christensen
- Original Music Composer
- Eduardo Serrano
- Editor
- Nello Melli
- Producer
- Enrique Faustín