KING HUGO AND HIS DAMSEL
POLISH TITLE: HUGO KRÓL I JEGO PODDANA
August 2007, Venezuelani?1s President Hugo Chavez convokes a referendum in order to change the constitution and get absolute power. Carlos, a local Party Activists try to convince Liliana to vote for the new constitution. Liliana is a mother of 5 children lives in terrible conditions in a Caracas favela. Liliana is promised that she will get an apartment form the State If she votes for Chavez. Hugo Rey is a journey into the totalitarian mechanism employed by Populist to perpetuate their power
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRYI:
- Poland / Venezuela
- RUNNING TIME:
- 47'
- YEAR:
- 2009
- DIRECTING:
- Franco de Pena
- DOP:
- Ernesto Perez Mauri
- EDITOR:
- Cezary Kowalczuk
- PRODUCER:
- Mirosław Dembiński, Studio Filmowe Everest, Franco de Pena
Franco de Pena »
scriptwriter and documentary and fiction film director born in 1966 in Venezuela. A graduate of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw who has also finished Łódź Film School with honours. He has won many awards including Cinefoundation in Cannes, European Media Programs, Nipkow Program and DAAD Artistic Program in Berlin. His films include the famous award-winning picture entitled Your Name Is Justine (2005) and Amor en concreto (2003).