Mauricio Wallerstein Movies
- 1994
This erotic Venezuelan thriller features lots of violence and kinky sex. Gyula, is the tough police commissioner who must solve the murder of a wealthy gringo businessman. The prime suspect is his wife, an ex-hooker who is in line for a large inheritance. She still loves her old pimp, Macabi. To solve the case Gyula must go deeply with-in the seamy, sexually violent areas of Caracas as he gathers up groups of prostitutes and pimps. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Orlando Urdaneta, María Rojo, (more)
The Mexican romantic film Tacos Al Carbon tells a tale of true love surviving dramatic changes in the protagonists' lives. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1987
Elsa (Elba Escobar) and her friend Miranda (Amparo Grisales) become jealous and violent toward each other as they compete for the sexual affection of the hunk Sergio (Humberto Zurita). Elsa takes comfort in he arms of Miranda's husband Eloy (Daniel Alverado) after Sergio and Miranda run away together. Their lustful desires lead to tragedy in this erotic drama. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Humberto Zurita, Elba Escobar, (more)
- 1985
The changes in a nation over a ten-year period are implied in this undistinguished and confusing story of three university students, two women and one man, whose variations at love also change through the same decade. The title of the film suggests a consideration of what constitutes "male" or "female" and the possibility that one person could have a little of both. This is a theme that runs throughout the ten-year relationship, as many of the sexual activities of the three lie outside the accepted Venezuelan norms of the day. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Orlando Urdaneta, Elba Escobar, (more)
- 1979
Mariano is a foreman in a Venezuelan factory. Despite ongoing efforts by his peers to assist in his development of some sense that the owners aren't always right, he has been content with the status quo for almost 20 years. However, when management puts an under-trained worker on the factory floor, despite Mariano's protests, and the boy is seriously maimed, Mariano goes ballistic. Instead of firing Mariano, or changing their behavior, his employers send Mariano to a psychiatrist, who seeks a subtler compliance from the man and attains it. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eva Mondolfi, Rafael Briceno, (more)
- 1979
Slow in parts but still engaging and well-acted, this drama by Vicente Aranda explores the changing nature of a former fascist, Luis Forest (Lautaro Murua), and his relationship to his niece Mariana (Victoria Abril). Luis has retired to the seacoast to devote himself to writing his memoirs and ruminating over his failed marriage. His sister is worried about him and so she sends her daughter Mariana to check up on how he is doing. The wildly carefree Mariana and her silent photographer friend shake up Luis' staid world. Slowly, Mariana's taunting and teasing break down Luis' intellectual barriers and as that happens she becomes more interested in him. As flashbacks indicate, Luis was not the militant fascist everyone imagined. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lautaro Murúa, Victoria Abril, (more)
- 1975
In 1964 a U.S. army colonel was kidnapped by a group of Venezuelan radicals who hoped to effect a prisoner exchange with a Vietnamese man who was sentenced to death for an assassination plot involving the U.S. Secretary of Defense. This political thriller follows the events and characters involved in that real-life episode. Especially interesting is the situation of a journalist, a member of the gang of kidnappers, who was assigned to cover the story. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Orlando Urdaneta
- 1971
In this Spanish film, a boisterous pool party is ended when a corpse turns up in the swimming pool. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
