El ocaso del socialismo mágico

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]

El ocaso del socialismo mágico
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Directed byMichele Calabresi
Produced byCubo Films
StarringFroilán Barrios
Javier Biardeau
Douglas Bravo
Release date
  • November 2016 (2016-11)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryVenezuela
LanguageSpanish

Themes

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Calabresi'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

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Américo Martín in El Nuevo Herald described it as an "excellent" documentary, saying that the capacity was at its limit at the Trasnocho Cultural [es] theatre in Caracas, where he watched the documentary, and that entrances ran out.[5]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "El ocaso del socialismo mágico - PLAY TV". ABC (in Spanish). 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "LATcinema: 'El ocaso del socialismo mágico' (Venezuela)". Casa Amèrica Catalunya (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Martín, Américo (17 August 2016). "Ocaso del socialismo mágico". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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