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Se llamaba SN (1977)

Se llamaba SN poster
Directed by
Luis Correa
Genre
drama, history
Country
Venezuela
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows people living under the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez in Venezuela. It shows their suffering and resistance through a story based on a novel by a former political prisoner.

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What happens

Se llamaba SN (The Name Was SN) is a 1977 film directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Luis Correa. The film is based in the homonymous 1964 novel by José Vicente Abreu, which serves as a testimony and denounces the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez in the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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