
Directing
Luis Armando Roche
Born 1938-11-21 · Caracas, Venezuela
Luis Armando Roche (November 21, 1938 – October 2, 2021) was a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter, producer and director of theatre and opera. In 1999, Roche won the most important prize of cinema in his country, the National Film Award of Venezuela.
Acting credits
9.0Gaspar Urbieta works as a typographer in Maracaibo. The National Guard convinces him to infiltrate an organization of Colombian gold smugglers. Gaspar will experience situations of fear, humour, intrigue and romance with a beautiful and enigmatic blonde. His secret will be so incredible that if he told it, no one would believe it!
The Secret
1988
NRAn American film producer comes to Venezuela to film a movie called "Suddenly, the movie." He hires a Venezuelan director to direct the film that is shot in the Amazon jungle. As the conditions are extreme, the producer agrees that the team move to Caracas to continue filming there recreating the jungle in the city. A series of unusual and strange situations happen on the film set.
De repente, la película
2011
Behind the camera
9.0Gaspar Urbieta works as a typographer in Maracaibo. The National Guard convinces him to infiltrate an organization of Colombian gold smugglers. Gaspar will experience situations of fear, humour, intrigue and romance with a beautiful and enigmatic blonde. His secret will be so incredible that if he told it, no one would believe it!
The Secret
1988
Victor Millan is a Venezuelan folk artist. The naive painter appears alongside his friends, in his environment, the real world that surrounds him. Here, inventions, myths, obsessions, the sun, the sea, music, and original philosophy are imbued with humor. The film's soundtrack includes commentary and dialogue from the artist himself.
Víctor Millán
1968
Victor Millan is a Venezuelan folk artist. The naive painter appears alongside his friends, in his environment, the real world that surrounds him. Here, inventions, myths, obsessions, the sun, the sea, music, and original philosophy are imbued with humor. The film's soundtrack includes commentary and dialogue from the artist himself.
Víctor Millán
1968
8.0In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
Open Air
1996
8.0In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
Open Air
1996
Life and art of Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, en el camino del color
1971
Life and art of Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, en el camino del color
1971
Life and art of Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, en el camino del color
1971
NRAn American film producer comes to Venezuela to film a movie called "Suddenly, the movie." He hires a Venezuelan director to direct the film that is shot in the Amazon jungle. As the conditions are extreme, the producer agrees that the team move to Caracas to continue filming there recreating the jungle in the city. A series of unusual and strange situations happen on the film set.
De repente, la película
2011
NRAn American film producer comes to Venezuela to film a movie called "Suddenly, the movie." He hires a Venezuelan director to direct the film that is shot in the Amazon jungle. As the conditions are extreme, the producer agrees that the team move to Caracas to continue filming there recreating the jungle in the city. A series of unusual and strange situations happen on the film set.
De repente, la película
2011
Experimental film loosely based on the life and work of artist Manuel Mérida. The artist provided a realistic biographical account of his life, which was freely adapted by the filmmaker, who used delirious chance as a creative method for this cinematic collage.
Mérida no es un pueblo
1972
Experimental film loosely based on the life and work of artist Manuel Mérida. The artist provided a realistic biographical account of his life, which was freely adapted by the filmmaker, who used delirious chance as a creative method for this cinematic collage.
Mérida no es un pueblo
1972
7.3Happy fun times with a little crew of people driving around to backwater villages to show movies in places where the locals don't get much culture. But all good things come to an end...
The Moving-Picture Man
1977
7.3Happy fun times with a little crew of people driving around to backwater villages to show movies in places where the locals don't get much culture. But all good things come to an end...
The Moving-Picture Man
1977
5.0During Christmas time in Caracas, a woman (Yotama) holds up a restaurant. She takes three persons (Emilio, Manuel and Lucia) hostage in their apartment. Day by day Emilio, an old musician and Yotama become friends. Yotama's small daughter, Victoria, is brought into the apartment. Emilio dies and the rest of the three persons become united in a common bond of humanity.
Yotama se va volando
2013
5.0During Christmas time in Caracas, a woman (Yotama) holds up a restaurant. She takes three persons (Emilio, Manuel and Lucia) hostage in their apartment. Day by day Emilio, an old musician and Yotama become friends. Yotama's small daughter, Victoria, is brought into the apartment. Emilio dies and the rest of the three persons become united in a common bond of humanity.
Yotama se va volando
2013
7.0A musical documentary on Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo the greatest popular harp player and composer from the Venezuelan plains.
El Indio Figueredo
1972
Raymond Isidore is a gravedigger from the village of Chartres, France. Raymond would wander around his village, collecting anything that sparkled to add to his home, known today as Maison Picassiette, which he built out of love for his wife.
Raymond Isidore y su casa
1965
Raymond Isidore is a gravedigger from the village of Chartres, France. Raymond would wander around his village, collecting anything that sparkled to add to his home, known today as Maison Picassiette, which he built out of love for his wife.
Raymond Isidore y su casa
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Como islas en el tiempo
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Como islas en el tiempo
1975