The Liberator (film)

The Liberator
Film poster
Directed by	Alberto Arvelo
Written by	Timothy J. Sexton
Starring	Édgar Ramírez María Valverde Erich Wildpret Iwan Rheon Orlando Valenzuela Juana Acosta Manuel Porto Alejandro Furth Imanol Arias Danny Huston
Cinematography	Xavi Giménez
Music by	Gustavo Dudamel
Distributed by	Cohen Media Group
Release dates	9 September 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF) 24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (Venezuela)
Running time	119 minutes
Countries	Venezuela Spain
Languages	Spanish English French
Box office	$1.5 million (US)[1]

The Liberator (Spanish: Libertador) is a 2013 Spanish–Venezuelan historical drama film directed by Alberto Arvelo,[2] starring Édgar Ramírez as Simón Bolívar.[3] It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5] It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards,[6][7] making the January Shortlist.[8]

Cast

• Édgar Ramírez as Simón Bolívar
• María Valverde as Maria Teresa Rodríguez del Toro
• Juana Acosta as Manuela Sáenz
• Danny Huston as Martin Torkington
• Erich Wildpret as Antonio José de Sucre
• Alejandro Furth as Rafael Urdaneta
• Orlando Valenzuela as Francisco de Paula Santander
• Iwan Rheon as Daniel O'Leary
• Gary Lewis as James Rooke
• Imanol Arias as Juan Domingo Monteverde
• Juvel Vielma as José Antonio Páez
• Carlos Julio Molina as José Félix Ribas
• Manuel Porto as Francisco de Miranda
• Francisco Denis as Simón Rodríguez
• Zenaida Gamboa as Hipólita
• Andrés Gertrúdix as Prince Fernando
• Elisa Sednaoui as Fanny du Villars
• Leandro Arvelo as Fernando Bolívar
• Ximo Solano as Francisco Vinoni
• Steve Wilcox as Black Horseman
• Eric Toala as Simón Bolívar (kid)

Release

The film debuted on 9 September 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in its home country of Venezuela on 24 July 2014. The film was released by Cohen Media Group on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on 10 March 2015.[9][10]

See also

• List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "The Liberator (2014) at Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. "Película "Libertador" festeja aniversario del nacimiento de Simón Bolívar | ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 23 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
3. "History estrena "El Libertador", la historia de Simón Bolívar". Analitica.com (in European Spanish). 27 April 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
4. "The Liberator". TIFF. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
5. "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
6. "Libertador representará a Venezuela en los premios Oscar". El Nacional. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
7. "Oscars: Venezuela Picks 'The Liberator' for Foreign Language Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
8. "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". AMPAS. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
9. "The Liberator - Cohen Media Group". Cohenmedia.net. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
10. "The Liberator". Retrieved 18 September 2015.

External links

• Official site
• The Liberator at IMDb
• The Liberator at AllMovie
• The Liberator at Box Office Mojo
• The Liberator at Metacritic
• The Liberator at Rotten Tomatoes