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The House of Water

Plot: Set in the 1920s in Venezuela, this political melodrama by Jacobo Penzo follows the decision of the fictional Cruz Elías León (Franklin Virguéz), a young Venezuelan poet, to give up a life of social and possibly mainstream political advancement to go back to his home and family in an isolated fishing village and combat the despotic military dictator in charge of the country.
Release Date: Wednesday, May 16 1984
40 years ago
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Portrait of Franklin VírgüezFranklin VírgüezFranklin Vírgüez was 30 in The House of Water as 'Cruz Elías Salmerón Acosta'.
Birthday: Thu, Oct 01 1953
Portrait of Giles BickfordGiles BickfordGiles Bickford was >> in The House of Water as 'Primer gringo'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Hilda VeraHilda VeraHilda Vera was 60 in The House of Water as 'La madre'.
Birthday: Sun, May 27 1923 –
Mon, Feb 01 1988
Portrait of Doris WellsDoris WellsDoris Wells was 42 in The House of Water as 'Asunción'.
Birthday: Tue, Oct 28 1941 –
Tue, Sep 20 1988

Crew

Portrait of Jacobo PenzoJacobo PenzoJacobo Penzo was 35 in The House of Water as 'Director'
Birthday: Wed, Sep 22 1948 –
Tue, Sep 22 2020
Portrait of Tomás Eloy MartínezTomás Eloy MartínezTomás Eloy Martínez was >> in The House of Water as 'Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday