Reverón (1952 film)
| Reverón | |
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| Directed by | Margot Benacerraf |
| Written by | Margot Benacerraf |
| Narrated by | Carlos Augusto León |
| Cinematography | Boris Doroslovacki |
| Music by | Guy Bernard |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish |
Reverón is a 1952 Venezuelan documentary film written and directed by Margot Benacerraf. The camera and photography was by Boris Doroslovacki, music by Guy Bernard and Venezuelan folklore, and narrated by Carlos Augusto León.
The film is an essay on madness and creativity through the life and work of Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón. It won the First Prize for Best Art Documentary at the First International Festival of Art Films (Caracas, 1952) and the "Cantaclaro" Award as the best Venezuelan film by unanimous verdict of the Venezuelan Film Press (March 1953). It had a successful tour in several countries, garnering enthusiastic reviews and was screened from 1953 at the Berlin Film Festival, the Cinémathèque française, the Belgian Cinémathèque, the Cannes Film Festival, the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and other festivals and events.
It was selected by the French Association of Film and Television Critics to be part of the first opening program of the Studio Etoile in Paris as an Art Cinema (November 1953). Reverón is part of the Permanent Collection of the Eastman House Cinematheque (Rochester, N.Y.), the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.