Alfredo J. Anzola

Directing

Alfredo J. Anzola

Born 1946-06-17 · Caracas, Venezuela

Alfredo Anzola was born on 17 June 1946 in Caracas, Venezuela. He is a director and writer, known for Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle (1977), or Manuel (1979).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Pequeña revancha poster
6.8

A 12-year-old boy is asked to write an essay about what his family does at night.

Pequeña revancha

1986

Fiebre poster
9.0

Vidal Rojas, an opponent of the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gómez, after failing in a subversive attempt and suffering a romantic disappointment, decides to enlist in the revolutionary groups in the interior of the country.

Fiebre

1976

Manuel poster
9.5

Directed by Alfredo Anzola, Manuel (1979) is a Venezuelan drama that explores themes of love, faith, and resistance. The story follows Aparicio and his wife, Alma Rosa, as they welcome a new priest, Manuel, to their coastal village. As Manuel becomes acquainted with the community, he discovers that the village is slated for demolition to make way for a tourist development. Deeply moved by the villagers' plight, Manuel joins the local fishermen in their struggle to defend their land. During this time, he also finds himself drawn to Alma Rosa, leading to personal and moral dilemmas. The developers, aware of Manuel's growing influence and his feelings for Alma Rosa, begin to monitor his actions closely. The film delves into the complexities of human relationships and the fight against displacement.

Manuel

1979

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel poster
5.5

"1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of The Santa Isabel" is a whimsical adventure fantasy about a tired Jules Verne, fleeing from Paris and a bored wife, who joins Italian explorer Stradelli in an expedition on the Orinoco river. Along the way they pickup a young stranger- a woman disguised as a man, searching for her lost father.

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel

2005

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel poster
5.5

"1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of The Santa Isabel" is a whimsical adventure fantasy about a tired Jules Verne, fleeing from Paris and a bored wife, who joins Italian explorer Stradelli in an expedition on the Orinoco river. Along the way they pickup a young stranger- a woman disguised as a man, searching for her lost father.

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel

2005

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel poster
5.5

"1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of The Santa Isabel" is a whimsical adventure fantasy about a tired Jules Verne, fleeing from Paris and a bored wife, who joins Italian explorer Stradelli in an expedition on the Orinoco river. Along the way they pickup a young stranger- a woman disguised as a man, searching for her lost father.

1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel

2005

Santana poster
7.0

It records the tour of the legendary Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana in Latin America.

Santana

1974

El mundo de los Onqui Tonqui poster
7.0

The Onqui Tonqui left their world to search for a better one and understood that there is no better world, nor a worse one, and that happiness is found in the flowers, in the stars and in the animals of the forests.

El mundo de los Onqui Tonqui

2002

El mundo de los Onqui Tonqui poster
7.0

The Onqui Tonqui left their world to search for a better one and understood that there is no better world, nor a worse one, and that happiness is found in the flowers, in the stars and in the animals of the forests.

El mundo de los Onqui Tonqui

2002

Más vivos que nunca poster
NR

Five seniors decide to escape the asylum where they live, after one member of their group passes away. They decide to steal her ashes and risk it all escaping in an old convertible by the roads of Venezuela to fulfill her last wish. Persecuted by their relatives, they will live a great adventure.

Más vivos que nunca

2017

Más vivos que nunca poster
NR

Five seniors decide to escape the asylum where they live, after one member of their group passes away. They decide to steal her ashes and risk it all escaping in an old convertible by the roads of Venezuela to fulfill her last wish. Persecuted by their relatives, they will live a great adventure.

Más vivos que nunca

2017

Menudo: La Película poster
8.0

Puerto Rican music band Menudo is in Venezuela for a country-wide tour. They arrive in Venezuela prepared to visit some of that country's largest cities, and to re-acquaintance themselves with their fans. As they travel, they each face different personal situations.

Menudo: La Película

1982

Érase una vez un barco poster
NR

Film that shows the human, moving and admirable side of shipbuilding on the coasts of eastern Venezuela. In addition to knowing the process from the laying of the keel to the launching of a ship, this film allows us to discover, through the hand of Emilio Lovera, the people who, without using blueprints and with technology transmitted from parents to children, make the dream of a boat becomes reality.

Érase una vez un barco

2011

Érase una vez un barco poster
NR

Film that shows the human, moving and admirable side of shipbuilding on the coasts of eastern Venezuela. In addition to knowing the process from the laying of the keel to the launching of a ship, this film allows us to discover, through the hand of Emilio Lovera, the people who, without using blueprints and with technology transmitted from parents to children, make the dream of a boat becomes reality.

Érase una vez un barco

2011

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida poster
NR

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida chronicles the life of charismatic Venezuelan media pioneer Cecilia Martinez, through the eyes of Venezuelan renown director Alfredo Anzola, and it's a memory of Colegio Chaves, the Caracas prestigious educational institution with 170 years of history.

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida

2012

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida poster
NR

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida chronicles the life of charismatic Venezuelan media pioneer Cecilia Martinez, through the eyes of Venezuelan renown director Alfredo Anzola, and it's a memory of Colegio Chaves, the Caracas prestigious educational institution with 170 years of history.

Cecilia Bergman Chaves: Una Buena Vida

2012

Cóctel de Camarones. En el Día de la Secretaria poster
7.0

In Secretaries Day, either you get laid or you get paid.

Cóctel de Camarones. En el Día de la Secretaria

1984

Cóctel de Camarones. En el Día de la Secretaria poster
7.0

In Secretaries Day, either you get laid or you get paid.

Cóctel de Camarones. En el Día de la Secretaria

1984

De cómo Anita Camacho quiso levantarse a Marino Méndez poster
7.0

Anita Camacho, an ambitious maid poses as the owner of the house where she works in order to seduce a man of money, marry him and finally stop being poor.

De cómo Anita Camacho quiso levantarse a Marino Méndez

1986

De cómo Anita Camacho quiso levantarse a Marino Méndez poster
7.0

Anita Camacho, an ambitious maid poses as the owner of the house where she works in order to seduce a man of money, marry him and finally stop being poor.

De cómo Anita Camacho quiso levantarse a Marino Méndez

1986

The Mystery of the Scarlet Eyes poster
9.0

Documentary by Alfredo Anzola about his father, Edgar J. Anzola (1893-1981), a pioneer in Venezuela of car racing, radio, film, acting and private enterprise.

The Mystery of the Scarlet Eyes

1992

The Mystery of the Scarlet Eyes poster
9.0

Documentary by Alfredo Anzola about his father, Edgar J. Anzola (1893-1981), a pioneer in Venezuela of car racing, radio, film, acting and private enterprise.

The Mystery of the Scarlet Eyes

1992

Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle poster
8.5

Alexander and her friend Diosa start working in a furniture store, Alexander suspects that the owner is involved in a murky business.

Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle

1977

Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle poster
8.5

Alexander and her friend Diosa start working in a furniture store, Alexander suspects that the owner is involved in a murky business.

Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle

1977