The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
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- Crew
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 8, 1950
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama
User Score
57%
Original Title
La balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
Production Companies
Bolívar Films, Chrisfa
Director
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Description
The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
