Rómulo Resiste

2021 Venezuelan film

11 October 2021 (2021-10-11) (streaming)
14 October 2021 (2021-10-14) (cinemas)

CountryVenezuelaLanguageSpanish

Rómulo Resiste (lit. 'Rómulo Resists'), also stylized as RR or Rómulo ~~Renuncia~~ Resiste (lit. 'Rómulo ~~Resigns~~ Resists'), is a 2021 documentary film directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Carlos Oteyza [es]. The documentary focuses on the presidency of Rómulo Betancourt between 1959 and 1964.

Plot

Rómulo Betancourt is the first elected president of Venezuela to receive power from another one democratically elected. His government, between 1959 and 1964, had to face two main challenges: military authoritarianism and Marxism, both of which sought to impose a different model from representative democracy. The narration of historical events is intertwined with the childhood experiences of the documentary director, Carlos Oteyza.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film includes the testimonies of both political protagonists of the 1960s, historians and intellectuals, images from domestic and international archives and animated 3D sequences. The documentary is narrated by the actor and psychologist Sócrates Serrano.^[2]

Testimonies

Alfredo Schael
Américo Martín
Carlos Canache Mata
Edgardo Mondolfi
Gudat Fernando Falcó
Elisa Lerner
Héctor Pérez Marcano
José Alberto Olivar
Lorena Puerta
Luis Betancourt Oteyza
Marco Tulio Bruni Celli
Orlando Andersen
Paola Bautista
Pedro Palma
Ramón Guillermo Aveledo^[4]

Reception

Venezuelan film critic Sergio Monsalve praised the documentary.^[5]

References

^ "Rómulo resiste". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ""Rómulo Resiste": la épica de la Democracia en Venezuela". Opinión y Noticias. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ Aquilino (2 October 2021). ""Rómulo Resiste", la mirada de Carlos Oteyza al caudillo que marcó el rumbo". El Estímulo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ ""Rómulo resiste", la nueva película de Carlos Oteyza". Prodavinci. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ Sergio (7 October 2021). "Rómulo Resiste: razones para ver la nueva obra maestra de Carlos Oteyza". Observador Latino. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

External links

Official website Archived 2021-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
#Documental - Rómulo Resiste - YouTube, Cinesa Channel
Rómulo Resiste at FilmAffinity
Rómulo Resiste at Goliiive
Rómulo Resiste at TicketPlate
Carlos Oteyza: “La historia de Rómulo Betancourt es una mina de narraciones”, El Pitazo, 2 October 2021

Rómulo Betancourt

President of Venezuela (1945–1948; 1959–1964)

Early life and career