1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel

2005 film 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel 1888- El Extraordinario Viaje de Santa Isabel poster.jpg Film poster Alfredo Anzola The Mighty Orinoco Jules Verne Marco Villarubia 2005 03 Guadalajara 95 minutes Venezuela Spanish 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel (es 1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel) is a 2005 Venezuelan drama film co-written and directed by Alfredo Anzola, based on the book The Mighty Orinoco by Jules Verne.https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/1888-the-extraordinary-voyage-of-the-santa-isabel-1200519277/ 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel Variety 12 April 2021 The film premiered at the 2005 Guadalajara International Film Festival.https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/guadalajara-fest-opens-big-lineup-1117939892/ Guadalajara fest opens big lineup Variety Michael O'Boyle March 17, 2006 July 8, 2020 It was the country's submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005, but was disqualified. Synopsis Julio Verne, writer and adventurer, becomes bored with his life and decides to sail down the Amazon. He arrives in South America at the Venezuelan coast, meeting Italian geographer Conde Ermanno Stradelli; Stradelli has a mission from Rome to map the Orinoco. Verne decides to join him, and they gain another late addition: Juan de Kermor. Through the journey, Verne and Stradelli discover that Juan is actually a woman, Juana, who has been searching for a way to travel down the Orinoco looking for her father.https://jverne.net/1888-el-extraordinario-viaje-de-la-santa-isabel-2005/ 1888, el extraordinario viaje de la Santa Isabel (2005) Julio Verne Tello Cristian es 2019-09-27 Cast Marco Villarubia as Julio Verne Kristin Pardo as Juana de Kermor Ronnie Nordenflycht as Conde Stradelli Elba Escobar as Honorine Verne Julio Bustamante as Coronel Kermor Production The screenplay was written by Gustavo Michelena, Rafael Arraiz and Alfredo Anzola, based on the Verne story The Mighty Orinoco. The film combines Verne's story, about the character Jeanne de Kermor, with a fictionalized framing narrative of the real Vernes and Count Stradelli being part of the journey. Oscars selection The film was chosen as Venezuela's 2005 entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, incomplete paperwork led to the entry being disqualified. At the time of its selection, the choice of the CNAC was controversial; the film Secuestro Express by Jonathan Jakubowicz was also eligible for nomination and was much more successful both nationally and internationally. Jakubowicz criticized the choice not to nominate his film, which is about kidnapping and gangs in Venezuela, saying that it was overtly political because his film was artistically superior. Anzola did not comment on the artistic quality of either film, but said that Jakubowicz, a relative newcomer to the industry at the time, was upset because he wanted his first feature film to receive a nomination and that he would be calmer with more experience.http://noticine.com/iberoamerica/36-iberoamerica/5322-polemica-por-representante-venezolano-a-los-premios-oscar-y-goya.html Polemica por representante venezolano a los premios oscar y goya noticine.com live 2019-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20190927234259/http://noticine.com/iberoamerica/36-iberoamerica/5322-polemica-por-representante-venezolano-a-los-premios-oscar-y-goya.html 2019-09-27 Jakubowicz was forced to leave Venezuela because of Secuestro Express after receiving threats from then-President Hugo Chávez.https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/latino-movie-stars-necessary-hands-of-stone-donald-trump.html Why Latino Movie Stars Have Never Been More Necessary Vulture en-us 2020-01-24 Ultimately, no submission was accepted from Venezuela in 2005.http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=pr/200511020640 Secuestro Express director sued in Venezuela Venezuela News www.vcrisis.com 2020-01-24 References External links 0483541 Category:2005 films Category:Films based on works by Jules Verne Category:Venezuelan drama films Category:2005 drama films Category:2005 Venezuelan films Category:2005 Spanish-language films