Cuchillos de fuego (1990)

Directed by

Román Chalbaud

Genre

drama film

Country

Venezuela

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named David searches the Venezuelan Andes for ten years to hunt down the man who raped and murdered his mother. The film uses a stop-motion animated children's drawing to tell parts of the story and is styled like a Western.

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What happens

Cuchillos de fuego is a Venezuelan film released in 1990. It was directed by Román Chalbaud based on his theatre play Todo bicho de uña, where a young man, David, seeks revenge on his mother's rapist and murderer. In the film, which is styled like a Western, a stop-motion animated children's drawing of the young David crying over his mother's body is used to tell parts of the story. After searching through the Andes for ten years, he kills several Apaches for his revenge. In its theatrical release it was viewed by 367,652 people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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