Salvador Garmendia

Writing

Salvador Garmendia

Born — Died

1928-06-11 — 2001-05-13

Place of birth

Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989 received the Juan Rulfo Prize for Tan desnuda como una piedra.

Known for

Behind the camera

La Llorona poster
2.0

In César Miguel Rondón's adaptation, a different origin story is presented. The fisherman Ismael (Félix Loreto) is unfaithful to his wife Cayita (Ana Karina) with a witch, Carmelina (Ileana Aloma). She swears revenge when she sees Ismael return to Cayita's arms and casts a curse that will cause the fisherman's death, setting his house on fire. Faced with the tragic event, Cayita, frightened, screams and begs the townspeople for help to save her son, who was inside the house when the fire started. Cayita's son dies alongside Ismael. It is then that she, crazed with grief, cries out for her son for eternity.

La Llorona

1991

Juan Topocho poster
7.0

Bittersweet comedy by Cesar Bolivar about a quiet and humble villager who becomes a faith healer.

Juan Topocho

1979

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

La Virgen de Chiquinquirá poster
NR

A Marian devotion is born when a Venezuelan woman finds an image and people come to the protection of the Virgin during a plague.

La Virgen de Chiquinquirá

1983

El  Angel Limpiabotas poster
NR

The story of Chepino, a boy who become a Angel.

El Angel Limpiabotas

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TVenezuela poster
NR

An analysis of the history of television in Venezuela, subjected to economic power and market interests. The film explores the messages that television reproduces through its "anchors" and the much-criticised soap operas.

TVenezuela

1969

Rómulo Gallegos. Horizons and pathways poster
NR

An intimate look at the Venezuelan intellectual Rómulo Gallegos through photographs, footage and testimonies from people who knew him as an educationalist, politician and novelist.

Rómulo Gallegos. Horizons and pathways

2000

Isaías Medina Angarita: Soldado de la libertad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Isaías Medina Angarita: Soldado de la libertad

1992

El General López Contreras: La Transición poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El General López Contreras: La Transición

1997

The Drunken Pussycat poster
5.5

Victor, a family man, becomes romantically involved with Rosario, a young newly arrived prostitute from the city of Maracaibo. His obsessive love and the desire to share his life with this woman, will lead him to despair.

The Drunken Pussycat

1983

No artwork available
NR

Tragedy, intrigue, and even love will stand in the way of Cristina González's dreams, a young woman who aspires to become a renowned fashion designer. On her first day at work, Cristina meets Gustavo Espinoza, and a powerful attraction develops between them. But this seemingly promising day turns into disaster, as Cristina is abruptly fired by Gustavo's girlfriend, and even worse, her mother dies in a car accident. Cristina vows to bring justice to the driver who recklessly took her mother's life, unaware that he is the man now trying to win her over. Gustavo uses his financial power to avoid being accused of murder, while her family uses tricks to obtain the "Pensión Amalia," where Cristina lives.

Pension Amalia

2008