Abril

Apr 14, 2017

1h 39m

★ 0.0

Overview

On April 11th of 2002 a coup d'état against the venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frías kept the country in a state of total uncertainty regarding his whereabouts, two days later he returned to power. This is a chronicle of those days.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

La Villa del Cine

Abril Trailers

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Cast

Hugo Chávez Frías

Alis Bazán

Voz de Hugo Chávez Frías

Marcos Suniaga

José Vicente Rangel

Antonio Cuevas

Pedro Cardona

Aníbal Grunn

General García Carneiro

Julio César Castro

Rosa

Aura Rivas

Jackson

Gabriel Rojas Rico

Eva

Vanessa Merr

Hans

Francisco Denis

Rafael Tovar

Luis Vicente González

Diosdado Cabello

Pedro Olarte

Alberto Alifa

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