The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (1950)
- Original title
- La balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
- Directed by
- Carlos Hugo Christensen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Argentina, Venezuela
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a coastal Venezuelan town, a sailor returns on his boat and rekindles an old romance. The film captures the tension between his wandering life and the pull of home.
classicsentimentalatmosphericunderstatedbittersweetearthymeasuredpoignant
What happens
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (Spanish: La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde) is a 1949 Venezuelan-Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen during the classical era of Argentine cinema. It was shown at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival, where it also won for Best Cinematography. The film was part of an ultimately failed effort by the producer Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco to establish a Venezuelan film industry during the era. Despite this, it is seen as marking the "true birth of Venezuelan cinema". For the film, Blanco brought in established film personnel and actors from Argentina and Mexico. It was shot on location and at the Bolivar Studios in Caracas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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La escalinata (1950)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.