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Two Autumns in Paris
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Wikipedia article
'Two Autumns in Pars' is a film by Venezuelan director Gibelys Coronado, based on a novel of the same name by writer Francisco Villarroel.
The film premiered at the Bogot Film Festival on October 16, 2019. The film was shown for the first time in Venezuela, at the press conference of Miradas Diversas - 1er. Human Rights Film Festival, November 27, 2019. It was presented at the opening ceremony of the Guayaquil International Film Festival, on September 19, 2020.
The Venezuelan actor Ral Amundaray, who had come out of retirement to play the character of the Ambassador, made his last performance in this production, before residing in the United States and passing away shortly after.
Synopsys
The movie tells the love story of Maria Teresa (Mara Antonieta Hidalgo) and Antonio (Slavko Sorman) when they were young. Many years later the love story happened, it's autumn and Antonio (Francisco Villarroel) arrived in Paris, at this moment he faces the memories of an unforgettable love that scarred him forever and changed the course of his life. He arrived in Paris invited to give a conference about human rights and in the journey that leads from the airport to the event hall, reconstructs moment to moment, the love story he lived when he was young with the beautiful Maria Teresa, a young Paraguayan, political refugee who escaped from her country to save herself from the criminal repression of the dictatorship of the bloodthirsty general Alfredo Stroessner. In Paraguay, Maria Teresa was a member of a university student political group, opposed to the dictatorship, whose leader was her boyfriend Ramon. One night, when they were involved in a clandestine activity, they were detained by the regime's military police and locked in a prison. Maria Teresa and Antonio fell in love and even got the idea of having a child, but at the time of greater commitment and dedication, the past becomes present changing all. They decided to live together, and Antonio changed his way to see everything, Mara Teresa transformed him, but at the end, she had to decide between her present love and her past.
Cast
* Mara Antonieta Hidalgo as Mara Teresa
* Francisco Villarroel as Old Antonio
* Slavko Sorman as Young Antonio
* Ral Amundaray as Ambassador
* Sonya Villamizar as Antonio's Mother
* Juan Belgrave as Oswaldo
* Alberto Rowinski as Don Manuel
* Jorge Melo as Jean Claude
* Ramn Roa as Captain Martinez
Awards
The film was nominated for best picture at the Guayaquil International Film Festival, at the 13th edition of the Dominican Global Film Festival and at the 12nd edition of the Latinuy Latin Festival.
References
General bibliography
* Gimnez, Carlos (1983). "Film venezolano recrea el horror durante la dictadura paraguaya", in 'Peridico La Nacin'. Asuncin, Paraguay, December 15, 2019.
* Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicacin y la Informacin (February 5, 2020). 'Venezuela participa en el Festival de Cine Global RD'. Caracas.
* Villarroel Sneshko, Mary (August 21, 2020). "La pelcula venezolana Dos Otoos en Pars lleva ms de 80 premios internacionales", in 'Revista OceanDrive'. Caracas.
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