The Archangel's Feather

Name: La pluma del arcángel
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-09-20
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Iván Tamayo, Roque Valero, Elaiza Gil

Original title: La pluma del arcángel

2002
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

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Drama

In a tiny town in an unnamed Latin American country in the 1930s, a young telegraph operator helps link the small, repressed community to the outside world, against the will of the powerful ... Read allIn a tiny town in an unnamed Latin American country in the 1930s, a young telegraph operator helps link the small, repressed community to the outside world, against the will of the powerful colonel who rules the village like a dictator.In a tiny town in an unnamed Latin American country in the 1930s, a young telegraph operator helps link the small, repressed community to the outside world, against the will of the powerful colonel who rules the village like a dictator.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

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Official submission of Venezuela for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 75th Academy Awards in 2003.

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10/10

Finally something we can be proud of!

Manzo's film version of "The Arcangel's feather" is perhaps the best Venezuelan film of the last two decades. The direction is very clean, the photography is beautiful although too glossy at points. The acting is remarkable, especially the performance of Roque Valero, a talent Latin American directors should pay more attention to. Elaiza Gil and Ivan Tamayo gave great performances also.

The Music is really good, although sometimes a little too obvious. the same goes for the sound design. Though it is perhaps the best sound ever in a Venezuelan film.

The movie is well structure, the message gets across, and the timing for this movie could not have been better. It's a shame that there was little advertizement for it and although it had good reviwes it did poorly in the box office.