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A young seamstress in Havana with a dream of becoming a fashion designer, has to choose between the two men she loves - a suave foreign photographer, on a mysterious errand, and her loyal but laid back Cuban boyfriend who will, some day, build her a home.

Juan Andres Gomez (30) is a typical Venezuelan, womanizing and carefree. Who with his best friend, Chinese, has lived a life of evening outings and unstable relationships until he lost his father, who had only close family and decides to lay the foundations of their future.

The story of an indigenous princess abducted by an anaconda is the starting point of this documentary that reflects on the myth and cult of María Lionza, always in transformation since colonial times. The sum of the pilgrimage to the top of the mountain and the personal visions and particular worlds of believers show us an eclectic and permeable Maria Lionza that has endured over time.

Four very special couples fight with life to achieve their desires. Some are looking for respect and the right to love each other. Others face treason and hidden truths. Four stories full of humour, drama and passion. They are joined by a common space: they are inhabitants of "Central Park".

The film reproduces the historical moment when Cipriano Castro, then president of Venezuela, proclaimed: "The insolent plant of the foreigner has desecrated the sacred soil of the fatherland!" While the coasts were invaded by imperial forces in 1902.

The deeds of a professional musician who abandons his trumpet and family to live the clandestine life of an armed revolutionary for Puerto Rican independence.

1878. Finalizada la Guerra Federal, el Capitan Gaspar Mendoza lleva una vida de austeridad y esfuerzos junto a su familia en una vieja casona en el interior de Venezuela, aunque Gaspar ha hecho todo lo posible por dejar atrás aquella tragedia, será su hija Maria Eugenia quien parece revivirla a través de terribles pesadillas que la acosan despiadadamente.

Setting: Venezuela, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Disputes between Liberals and Conservatives marked the political agenda. Social inequalities inherited from colonial times have kept peasants and slaves under the yoke of the Oligarchy. Ezequiel Zamora, mobilized by the profound ideals of freedom, leads a struggle trying to erase the gap between the opulence of the rich and the misery of the poor, and fair allocation of land.

Documentary proposal on Dr. José Gregorio Hernández that goes beyond the biography of the good and charitable doctor. The film explores the pantheon of our popular beliefs and the collective imaginary that venerates it, dreams it and represents it in naive paintings, religious stamps, carvings and popular sculptures; as well as in the oral tradition that proclaims its many miracles and healing.