Revolucion!
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Genre Documentary Producer Eric Deghelder Duration | Director Charles Gervais Writer Charles Gervais Cinematography Sylvestre Guidi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language English, French, Spanish Release date December 8, 2006 Initial release November 10, 2006 (Canada) Cast Hugo Chavez , Donald Rumsfeld , Jose Vicente Rangel , Julio Borges , Luis de Cespedes Similar movies Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), No Land No Food No Life (2013), The Carbon Rush (2012), The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Filmmaker Charles Gervais examines the ideologies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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¿¡Revolucion!? is a 2006 political documentary directed by Quebec journalist and filmmaker Charles Gervais. It examines the Bolivarian Revolution led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. It was produced by Tele-Quebec, the Quebec governments public television network.
As part of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal film festival, first screenings occurred on November 10 and 14, 2006 at the Cinema ONF in Montreal. The general opening happened on December 8, 2006, at Cinema Ex-Centris, also in Montreal. This version showed the original Spanish spoken by the subjects, as well as narration and subtitles in French.
Production
In April 2005, director Charles Gervais heard of the news that Hugo Chavez decided to distribute one million free copies of major 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote de la Mancha to Venezuelan citizens. This gave him the inspiration to fly to Venezuela and examine from within this "revolution" in the making. Also, after filming the medium-length documentary Quand la vie est un reve on the Haitian youth, Gervais wished to focus on something more positive.
Synopsis
The movie features pro-Chavez and anti-Chavez militants, politicians and citizens, within and without the barrios (the poor districts of Venezuelan cities like Caracas). The anti-Chavez politicians interviewed are members of Primero Justicia. It also examines the nationalization of petroleum. Other Chavez opponents met by the filmmaker come from places like the newspaper El Nacional and the former direction of the petroleum industry. The director did not obtain an interview with the President, but filmed him first hand in speeches and his famous weekly Alo Presidente television show. About the situation of the freedom of the press, director Gervais said that it was easier to film in the Venezuela of Chavez than in Canada.