
Directing
César Bolívar
Born 1941-10-04 · Caracas, Venezuela
César Agusto Bolívar Masso (Caracas, September 4, 1944 – May 31, 2024) was a Venezuelan filmmaker, writer, actor, and educator. He produced numerous works that established him as an emblematic figure of the New Venezuelan Cinema, with films such as Domingo de resurrección (1982) and Homicidio culposo (1984). He directed several successful dramatized television series, including Sangre azul and El Ciclo de Oro de Rómulo Gallegos, which had an impact not only on the Venezuelan audience but also internationally. His life partner was the renowned writer, screenwriter, and producer Pilar Romero.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
Shortly before the celebration of the Festival, the leader of the brotherhood of Devils dancing appears dead. Milton Ventura, police and brother of the deceased, returns to the village, after 30 years of absence, to clarify the case. Confronting the interests that oppose him and the demons of their past, Milton discovers that his brother's death involves a painful expose truth.
Corpus Christi
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The period of transition between life and death. The extreme suffering. The last phase of life or the first phase of death. Pain and affliction Slow or fast It's not the time. It is the intensity. The agony of a nation that seems to be living its last days in the middle of a social outbreak, protests and repressions.
Agonia
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7.0Bittersweet comedy by Cesar Bolivar about a quiet and humble villager who becomes a faith healer.
Juan Topocho
1979
7.9Fidel, a deaf mugger, sees the possibility of a new life after he start attending to a school for the deaf. However his chances are getting shorter as the a police officer is after his trail.
Más allá del silencio
1985
7.9Fidel, a deaf mugger, sees the possibility of a new life after he start attending to a school for the deaf. However his chances are getting shorter as the a police officer is after his trail.
Más allá del silencio
1985
Gabriel, a cop who seeks justice by his own hand, begins in a relationship with Raquel, the daughter of a corrupt police implicated in the death of his parents.
Muerte en Alto Contraste
2010
Gabriel, a cop who seeks justice by his own hand, begins in a relationship with Raquel, the daughter of a corrupt police implicated in the death of his parents.
Muerte en Alto Contraste
2010
Gabriel, a cop who seeks justice by his own hand, begins in a relationship with Raquel, the daughter of a corrupt police implicated in the death of his parents.
Muerte en Alto Contraste
2010
7.5Two cousins learn the value of life through a singing competition, which earns them the money to pay all debts of their family.
Muchacho solitario
1998
7.5Two cousins learn the value of life through a singing competition, which earns them the money to pay all debts of their family.
Muchacho solitario
1998
7.0A Venezuelan black comedy from 1982 directed by César Bolívar, Domingo de Resurrección follows a middle-class family who head to the beach for Holy Week. Their Easter Sunday takes a dark turn when the grandmother dies peacefully in her sleep, triggering a chaotic chain of tragicomic misadventures. The film blends humor and absurdity as the family desperately tries to handle the situation amid everyday Venezuelan chaos.
Resurrection Sunday
1982
The history of different women in a country where beauty and fame are all that matter.
La mujer perfecta
2010
8.0A police drama that chronicles the efforts of a police officer to uncover an unexplained murder case that blends the lives of two women and a theater actor, the victim of an "artistic" shot, part of a play.
Manslaughter
1984
8.0A police drama that chronicles the efforts of a police officer to uncover an unexplained murder case that blends the lives of two women and a theater actor, the victim of an "artistic" shot, part of a play.
Manslaughter
1984
Maverick-y cop takes down drug-dealers despite PD corruption and governmental complicity.
Colt Comando 5.56
1986
