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Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Directed by
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
TV-PG
2020
1h 36m
Documentary
7.3
95%
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Villagers in the Venezuelan community of Lake Maracaibo fight against pollution, corruption and neglect to keep homes and way of life.
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Cast of Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Director / Writer
Sepp R. Brudermann
Writer / Producer
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela Ratings & Reviews
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
Despite the epic tone of its title, this is rather intimate filmmaking in its early passages, although it soon elevates as the country's national election take center stage.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Todd McCarthy
The things of life -- family, nature, the environment, education, politics -- all figure prominently in the mix to create an indelible picture of a literal backwater facing devastation. It's both a striking and deeply sorrowful work.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
This is a deceptively lovely and humorous film about various ugly, escalating realities, shot over seven years' course.
Variety
Guy Lodge
"Once Upon a Time in Venezuela" quietly observes Congo Mirador being brought to its knees, to progressively powerful and enraging effect.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
A modern fable about a country torn between past and present.
Awards Radar
Shane Slater
Ríos captures a plethora of indelible images.
ArtsATL
Steve Murray
The documentary is rewarding in ways that only come with this sort of time-intensive commitment from a filmmaker.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
The film provides an illuminating first-hand account of a country in despair.
Hammer to Nail
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela offers quite the dystopian fairy tale, which we should all heed, lest we fall under a curse of venal mismanagement.
Film Threat
Lorry Kikta
Rios makes the political personal and, therefore, more relatable to an audience who is not on the ground seeing the destruction of her country unfold.
Remezcla
Monica Castillo
The colorful images have a way of immersing you into the setting, helping the outside viewer see what the residents of the town already know.
ianthomasmalone.com
Ian Thomas Malone
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela is a haunting look at a dying region and the people who left it behind. Ríos sugarcoats nothing, a raw testimonial of government corruption.
The Spool
Matt Cipolla
[T]he movie isn't unjustly cynical. It can be pessimistic in the philosophical sense, sure, but it also acknowledges how citizens can rebound while avoiding too tidy of a conclusion.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
It's like one of those basic-cable docuseries with misfit reject hillbilly duck-decoy-making millionaries who weigh six-hundred pounds or something.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela shows that there are residents willing to lead the fight against corruption.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
Ríos' film is visually immersive to the community and its passage of time, though it does make you wish you knew more about the people of Congo Mirador.
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