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Jan 13, 2020 · A feverish voyage of discovery through the hinterland between madness and salvation, La Fortaleza is a superb second feature from Venezuelan director Jorge Thielen Armand. What makes it all the...
- Blurring Fact and Fiction
- Contemporary Venezuela on Film
- A Country Living in Exile
- An Archive of Memories
The character of Roque is played by Jorge “Roque” Thielen, the father of director Jorge Thielen Armand. In fact, Armand even plays himself in the film, as Roque’s son who attends a film school in Canada. This blurring of fact and fiction creates a unique viewing experience. In an interview with Cinema Escapist,Armand explained his decision to combi...
In addition to the realism of its characters, La Fortaleza presents some of the harsh realities of contemporary Venezuela. We witness the damage that illegal gold mining wreaks on the environment and nearby communities, but also see how a lack of viable alternatives forces people like Roque to work in such mines. “The gold mine [in the movie] is a ...
La Fortaleza also touches on exile, something that is very real for many Venezuelans today. Due to the socio-political and economic crisisover the last decade, nearly five million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years, a migration crisis of unprecedented scale in the region. This is something that has personally affected Armand. “Not on...
Ultimately, La Fortaleza may be strongest not as a story, but as an artifact. It is a personal film made for personal reasons—both a love letter to a father from a son, and a way of working through the personal demons of addiction and exile. The film is emotionally compelling because it reflects reality. “I’m creating an archive of memories,” said ...
- Kieran Davey
Jan 28, 2020 · La Fortaleza. 28/01/2020 - Jorge Thielen Armand mines his father’s past, as well as his acting chops, for this beguiling Venezuelan jungle drama. Venezuelan auteur Jorge Thielen Armand 's first film was the acclaimed festival hit La Soledad, which premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in 2016.
Following the economic collapse of Venezuela, recovering alcoholic Roque attempts to turn his life around by rebuilding an abandoned hotel in the Amazon jungle, but the allure of illegal gold...
- Drama
- Jose Thielen Armand
- Jorge Thielen Armand
Fortitude (Spanish: La Fortaleza) is a 2020 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Jorge Thielen Armand. It premiered in the Tiger Competition of the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam. A co-production between Venezuela, Colombia, France and The Netherlands, the film premiered in Venezuelan cinemas on 23 December 2021.
Apr 1, 2021 · Fortitude: Directed by Jorge Thielen Armand. With Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Juan Luis Escriban Lott, Carlos Medina, Leudys Naranjo. To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, a man retreats into the jungle and meets old friends.
synopsis. Roque, who is old enough for a midlife crisis, has just wrecked his mother's car. He blames the chaos in Venezuela, but his parents don't share this view, and throw him out of their house. To battle his demons, and the drink, he travels into the southern jungle to renovate a cabin he built there in happier times.
