Postcards from Leningrad
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Director Mariana Rondon Duration Screenplay Mariana Rondon Country Venezuela | 6.8/10 Genre Drama Running time 1h 30m Writer Mariana Rondon Language Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 7, 2007 Initial release September 7, 2007 (Venezuela) Music director Felipe Perez Santiago, Camilo Froideval Cast (Teo), Greisy Mena (Marcela), William Cifuentes (Teo Niño), Haydee Faverola (Abuela)Similar movies Mariana Rondon directed Postcards from Leningrad and wrote the screenplay for The Kid Who Lies Tagline Se fueron a salvar al mundo y los seguimos esperando |
Postcards from Leningrad (2007, Spanish title: Postales de Leningrado) is a Venezuelan film, written and directed by Mariana Rondón. It is a drama about children growing up among guerrilla groups in the 1960s in Venezuela.
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It is Venezuela's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film of the 80th Academy Awards.
Cast
Laureano Olivares - Teo
Greisy Mena - Marcela/Clara/Mercedes
William Cifuentes - Teo (Child)
Haydee Faverola - Grandmother
María Fernanda Ferro - Marta
Ignacio Marquez - Tio Miguel
Oswaldo Hidalgo - Grandfather
Claudia Usubillaga - The Girl
Synopsis
During the leftist uprising in the 1960s in Venezuela, a young guerrilla-girl, living in secrecy, gives birth to her first daughter during Mother's Day. Due to that, her photos appear on the newspaper, since that moment they would have to run away.
Hidden places, false disguises and names are the daily life of The Girl, the narrator of the story. Alongside her cousin (Teo), they re-live the adventures of their guerrilla parents, building up a labyrinth with superheroes and strategies, in which nobody knows where the reality (or madness) begins. However, this children's game does not hide the deaths, tortures, denunciations and treason within the guerrillas.
The kids want to convert themselves into The Invisible Man, in order to escape from the danger. However, they know that their parents might never comeback and therefore, they'll only receive Postcards from Leningrad.
Awards and honors
References
Postcards from Leningrad WikipediaPostcards from Leningrad IMDb Postcards from Leningrad themoviedb.org