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Back To Maracaibo
““When art heals, laughter saves””
5.2 / 10• 2022• 1h 58m•NR• Spanish
Comedy
Storyline
Eladio is a failed actor who has spent years in obscurity working maintenance at a TV station in the capital. When he’s forced to return to Maracaibo to care for his teenage niece —a fierce, guitar-playing rebel— their worlds clash. Amid loud music, insults, and generational conflict, Eladio accidentally reinvents himself as an acting teacher… and ends up entangled with one of the city’s most notorious crime syndicates. What follows is a hilarious, heartfelt, and uniquely Latin American story about rediscovery, family, and the absurdities of adulthood —at any age.
Cast & Crew
YG
Yenifer Guerrero
Arianni
Lead
Mario Sudano
Eladio Morillo
FV
Fabricio Vasquez
Miki Fliki
OA
Ozias Acosta
Eleazar
SS
Sasha Soto
Pelua
EP
Enzo Pradelli
El Chuky
SM
Susana Medina
Marbella
EP
El Payaso Bizcochón
Himself
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carlos Daniel Alvarado's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Back To Maracaibo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
