Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas): The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder .Featuring Penelope Cruz, alongside Ana de Armas, Edgar Ramírez, Wagner Moura, Gael García Bernal, and Leonardo Sbaraglia,
The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15
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Édgar Ramírez (Carlos) stars in this epic about Venezuelan political leader Simón Bolívar and his quest to bring autonomy and democracy to the Americas. Distributed by OneLoad.com Sigue leyendo
The Bottom Line
Impressively mounted but overly truncated take on a great historical figure about whom much more needs to be known.
Venue:
Toronto Film Festival
Cast:
Edgar Ramirez, Maria Valverde, Erich Wildpret, Iwan Rheon, Orlando Valenzuela, Juana Acosta, Manuel Porto, Alejandro Furth, Imanol Arias, Danny Huston, Gary Lewis, Francisco Denis, Elisa Sednaoui, Andres Gertrudix, Juvel Vielma, Carlos Julio Molina, Ximo Solano
Director:
Alberto Arvelo
Screenwriter:
Timothy J. Sexton
This too-short look at Simon Bolivar’s effort to lift the yoke of Spanish colonialism off the inhabitants of the northern part of South America stars Edgar Ramirez as the great historical figure. Sigue leyendo
The historical epic — starring Edgar Ramirez — makes its worldwide premiere Monday night at the Toronto Film Festival; L.A. Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel scored the film.
TORONTO — Alberto Arvelo’s Libertador is the largest South American production to date and it shows, judging by this exclusive clip from the movie.
The sweeping biopic stars Edgar Ramirez as Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan military and political hero who played an instrumental role in Latin America’s independence from Spanish rule. Sigue leyendo
Rising international star Édgar Ramírez (Carlos) stars in this enthralling epic about Venezuelan political leader Simón Bolívar and his lifelong quest to bring autonomy and democracy to the Americas.
Libertador is the title of Alberto Arvelo’s enthralling Bolívar biopic, which serves as both an epic of struggle and a cinematic history lesson. Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the film shows us the moments in Bolívar’s childhood that laid the seeds for his determination to defend the rights of indigenous and enslaved peoples. It depicts his marriage to María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza and emphasizes the scar her untimely death left on his psyche. It reveals his subsequent descent into despondence and decadence in Europe before he rediscovered his social conscience and returned to South America for a series of arduous military campaigns — elaborately staged here, captured by cameras that sweep across vast landscapes gutted by cannon fire. Sigue leyendo
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