La escalinata

1950 black-and-white Venezuelan film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

La escalinata is a black-and-white drama film by Venezuelan director César Enríquez released in 1950. The film is considered Enríquez's masterpiece and one of the best Venezuelan films produced in the 1950s. It is considered one of the first neorealist films in Venezuela and Latin America.[1][2]

Directed byCésar Enríquez [es]
Written byElia Marcelli [es]
StarringÓscar Jaimes
Rubén Saavedra
María Luisa Sandoval
Violeta González
CinematographyBoris Doroslovacki
Giuseppe Nisoli
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La escalinata
Directed byCésar Enríquez [es]
Written byElia Marcelli [es]
StarringÓscar Jaimes
Rubén Saavedra
María Luisa Sandoval
Violeta González
CinematographyBoris Doroslovacki
Giuseppe Nisoli
Music byRhazés Hernández López
Production
company
Civenca
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryVenezuela
LanguageSpanish
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In 2016, the film was voted one of the 50 Best Venezuelan Films in a survey conducted by the National Cinematheque of Venezuela.[3] It is also one of 15 films considered part of Venezuela's film heritage by UNESCO and included in the Memory of the World Programme.[4]

Plot

Pablo, a young man from a humble background who has managed to escape poverty, returns to the neighborhood of his childhood in search of Juanito, but is unable to find him. His sister Delia tells him that Juanito has lost his job as a construction worker and is now involved in crime.[5][6][7]

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