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"Oro Diablo (Devil Gold)"
2000
Directed by Jose Novoa
The final film in a trilogy by director Jose Novoa and
producer Elia Schneider, preceeded by Sicario and
Huelepega
(which Schneider directed), detailing the lives of children and young adults
affected by extreme poverty in Latin America. Set in the desolate mining
town of Papayal in the Venezuelan Amazon, Oro Diablo follows the
devastation inflicted upon a young girl (Rocio Miranda) who is forced to
repay the debt left by her mother, who abandoned the girl and fled with her
lover after stealing the miners' gold. Spanish with English subtitles. 90 minutes. |
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