Manuela Saenz, La Libertadora Del Libertador
Directed byDiego Risquez
Written byLeonardo Padron
Produced byPedro Mezquita
StarringBeatriz Valdes

Erich Wildpret Mariano Alvarez Alejo Felipe Juan Carlos Alarcon Juan Manuel Montesinos Manuel Salazar Isabel Herrera

Orlando Urdaneta
CinematographyLeonardo Henriquez
Edited byCesar Jarowski
Music byEduardo Marturet
CountryVenezuela
LanguageSpanish

Manuela Saenz is a historical- Biography movie directed by Diego Risquez with script by Leonardo Padron and started n the title role by Beatriz Valdes alongside Mariano Alvarez in the role of liberator Simon Bolivar. Other Main cast include Erich Wildpret, Juan Carlos Alarcon, Orlando Urdaneta, Manuel Salazar, Alejo Felipe and Juan Manuel Montesinos.

The movie was premiered in Venezuela in December of 2000. In January of 2001 have a special screening in the city of Washington

In 2003 the movie have a release in France, specifically in the Biarritz Festival.[1]

In 2006 the movie was broadcasting by the Venezuelan chanel Venemovies, a subsdary of Venezuelan broadcasting service Venevision[2]

Plot

In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simon Bolivar, is still alive. He calls on her, and although she will not talk to him about her life, his visit sends her to her chest of Bolivar's letters. As she reads them, the sepia-toned present gives way to flashbacks in color: she meets 'the Liberator' in 1822, becomes his lover, and also becomes a colonel in his military movement to realize the 'Gran Colombia', one nation across South America. As plague (brought by the ship) closes in on Manuela's household, so does her tempestuous story move toward Bolivar's betrayal and death[3]

Cast

Beatriz Valdes as Manuela Saenz

Mariano Alvarez as Simon Bolivar

Erich Wildpret as Hernan Melville

Juan Carlos Alarcon as Jose Maria Sanz

Alejo Felipe as Vicente Ayuso

Asdrubal Melendez as General Anastasio Bustamante

Juan Manuel Montesinos as Jose la Mar

Isabel Herrera as Natividad

Manuel Salazar as Agustin Gamarra

Orlando Urdaneta as Simon Rodriguez

Reception

Currently the movie has a scored of 6.5 / 10 on the cinema website Imdb.

According the movie website page “ El espectador Imaginario” one of the best elements in the film are the dramatic scenes. The principal lead cast have good chemistry and retells the history of love between Simon Bolivar and Manuelita Saenz. One lacks aspect its the scenes of battles to shorts and very low budget for recreate.[4]

In Venezuela was a massiive success and for three months have proyections in the national teathers[5]

  1. ↑ Sáez, Liliana (2018-02-02). "Las guacamayas se fueron con Diego Rísquez - Críticas | Sinopsis | Comentarios". El Espectador Imaginario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  2. ↑ Fuente, Anna Marie de la (2006-09-05). "Venevision bows U.S. pic channel". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Manuela Sáenz: La libertadora del Libertador - Ibermedia Digital" (in Spanish). 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  4. ↑ admin (2001-01-18). "(Arte y Cultura) CINE-VENEZUELA: Vida de Manuela Sáenz atrapa a la taquilla". IPS Agencia de Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  5. ↑ admin (2001-01-18). "(Arte y Cultura) CINE-VENEZUELA: Vida de Manuela Sáenz atrapa a la taquilla". IPS Agencia de Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-26.
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