Ibsen Martínez

Writing

Ibsen Martínez

Born — Died

1951-10-20 — 2024-11-09

Place of birth

Caracas, Venezuela

Known for

Writing

Credits

5 titles

Ibsen Martínez Pimentel (Caracas, October 20, 1951 - Caracas, September 11, 2024) was a Venezuelan narrator, columnist, essayist and playwright.

Known for

Portable Country poster
7.0

Portable Country is a classical Venezuelan film about the urban guerrilla. Based on the novel of the same name, written by Adriano González León, the film centers on Andrés Barazarte, a disillusioned man from a wealthy landowning family, who grapples with his personal and political identity in the midst of Venezuela's tumultuous social changes and engages in the guerrilla. He reflects on his life, his family's decline, and the broader struggle for power in a country torn between tradition and revolution.The story unfolds as Andrés is tasked with transporting a mysterious package. This journey becomes a metaphor for his search for meaning and a confrontation with his family’s, and his country's, violent past. His recollections weave together with present events, creating a complex tapestry of memory and history.

Portable Country

1979

Cabrujas en el país del disimulo poster
NR

Beginning with his childhood and covering the many facets that characterized his intellectual universe, this documentary details the different aspects of the most important venezuelan writer of the 60s, 70s and 80s: José Ignacio Cabrujas.

Cabrujas en el país del disimulo

2017

La hora Texaco poster
NR

Set against the turbulent backdrop of Venezuela’s oil industry on the cusp of nationalization, La hora Texaco follows the Montoya family as they struggle with internal crises amid social change. The father, a skilled oilworker, sinks into depression; the mother, both teacher and homemaker, carries on an affair; and their son Bobby is torn between his passion for baseball and his unrequited love for Angélica. Years later, Bobby and Angélica reunite, replaying memories that shine a harsh light on ambition, family, and sacrifice.

La hora Texaco

1985

La raya de cal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La raya de cal

1980

Ratón en Ferretería poster
7.2

Adonai Flores, an experienced writer of telenovelas, falls in love with Belén Helena, a girl of low class. Adonay, desperate to keep her with him, abandons his responsibilities and even his dog. After discovering that she is a drug dealer he decides to leave her and recovers his dog

Ratón en Ferretería

1985

Film credits

Behind the camera