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The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (1950)
Directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen
Overview
The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Arturo de Córdova | Virginia Luque | Juana Sujo | Tomás Henríquez | Juan Corona | Luis Galíndez | Máximo Giráldez | Pura Vargas | María Gámez | Blanca Pereira | José Luis Sarzalejo | Paul Antillano | Carlos Flores | Néstor Zavarce | Máximo Girales | José Luis Zarzalejo | Luis Galíndes | América Barrios