The Dominican film on the life of Jack Veneno (Jack Poison) and his career-long rivalry with “Relampago” Hernandez (Lightning) has just won the Best Cinematography Award at the Sydney Indiefest Film Festival. Tabaré Blanchard, the director, gave the good news to the Diario Libre.
The movie re-creates a life of the outstanding Dominican professional wrestler Jack Veneno, who garnered national attention for nearly 30 years. The film features well-known Dominican actor Manny Perez, and features stars such as Pepe Sierra, Richard Douglas, Mario Nuñez, Ovandy Camilo, Jaime Piña, Riccardo Bardelino, Yamile Scheker, Hector Anibal and Xiomara Rodriguez.
In August 2018, Blanchard’s film won the statuettes at the La Silla Awards that was organized by the Dominican Association of Film Professionals at which time it took 15 of the 17 nominations it had received.
Read more:
Sydney Indie Film Festival
https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/cine/pelicula-dominicana-veneno-gana-premio-en-australia-JE11377187
19 November 2018
