El ocaso del socialismo mágico (lit. 'The sunset of magical socialism') is a 2016 documentary film directed by Italian director Michele Calabresi. The film explores the effects of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's populism and his victory in the 1998 presidential elections, as well as his mistakes.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Michele Calabresi |
| Produced by | Cubo Films |
| Starring | Froilán Barrios Javier Biardeau Douglas Bravo |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish |
Themes
editCalabresi's intention was to show the achievements as well as the often forgotten and ignored mistakes of chavismo to the European left wing, who had romanticized chavismo and had been reluctant to admit the consequences of the growing militarism and authoritarianism in Venezuela.[3] The director presents this through six chapters: leadership and anti-politics; the two left wings; opposition: from the coup to the vote; Chávez and the workers, participatory democracy; and the appearance of Hugo Chávez on the public scene, his arrival in power and the achievements and mistakes of his administration (Petrostate and magical socialism).[4]
Reception
editAmérico Martín in El Nuevo Herald described it as an "excellent" documentary, saying that the capacity was at its limit at the Trasnocho Cultural theatre in Caracas, where he watched the documentary, and that entrances ran out.[5]
Cast
edit- Froilán Barrios
- Javier Biardeau
- Douglas Bravo
- Manuel Caballero
- Orlando Chirino
- Rubén González (union leader)
- Freddy Guevara
- Carlos Hermoso
- Margarita López Maya
- Leopoldo López
- Teodoro Petkoff
- Mariclen Stelling
References
edit- ^ "El ocaso del socialismo mágico - PLAY TV". ABC (in Spanish). 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Proyección: El ocaso del socialismo mágico". El Ucabista (in Spanish). 2016-11-14. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "LATcinema: 'El ocaso del socialismo mágico' (Venezuela)". Casa Amèrica Catalunya (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Proyección de "El Ocaso del Socialismo Mágico" – Instituto de Iberoamérica". Instituto de Iberoamérica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ Martín, Américo (17 August 2016). "Ocaso del socialismo mágico". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2021.