Elia Marcelli

Elia Marcelli

1915-03-03
83 (1998-05-23)
Rome, Italy

Italian poet, filmmaker and screenwriter. He lived in Venezuela between the 1940s and the 1970s, were he developed most of his filmmaking career. He was assistant director for Venezuelan filmmaker César Enríquez, and later partner with writer José Natalio Estrada to film several movies about the Venezuelan Llanos.

Rome, Italy

Italian poet, filmmaker and screenwriter. He lived in Venezuela between the 1940s and the 1970s, were he developed most of his filmmaking career. He was assistant director for Venezuelan filmmaker César Enríquez, and later partner with writer José Natalio Estrada to film several movies about the Venezuelan Llanos.

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La escalinata 1950 (6)

Pablo returns to the neighborhood where he spent the early years of his life, searching for Juanito, but he does not find him. His sister Delia tells him that Juanito has lost his job and, in his desperation, has turned to crime. It is considered as the first Venezuelan and Latin American neorealist film.
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Séptimo Paralelo 1962

Documentary on the Indigenous tribes that live in the Venezuelan Llanos.
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Moana, Virgin of the Amazon 1955 (7.5)

Henri is a music composer, but after a love affair gone wrong, he decides to leave civilization, and isolate himself deep in the valley of the Amazon river. Moana is a girl who finds him attractive, and informs him about the tribe's treasure. Eventually, his heart balances between a new love or getting hugely rich.