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Over the course of several years, Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ unsentimentally elegiac documentary Once Upon a Time in Venezuela quietly observes Congo Mirador being brought to its knees, to progressively powerful and enraging effect.
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela(Érase una vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador)
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Venezuela, United Kingdom, Brazil · 2020
1h 36m
Director Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Starring
Genre Documentary
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Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating—a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Ríos captures the village’s decline with a fair amount of affection and a keen eye for natural beauty.
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The result is a film that is presented as a kind of a fable, and a microcosm of a country whose fortunes once depended on oil.
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The reason that Once Upon A Time In Venezuela is so effective is that it explores a microcosm of the events.
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