Summaries

La Virgen Negra (The Black Virgin) narrates the surprising changes in the lives of the people in a small fishing village after the appearance of a Black Virgin. In the authentic style of "Postman: Il Postino" (Neruda's Postman by Skármeta) and "Chocolate" by Lasse Hallström, La Virgen Negra is a mixture of magic and comedy that tells a romantic story that takes place in a colorful rural environment saturated with music, sensuality and "sabor". The black virgin stopped it from getting dark, stopped the vandals invasion, killed and sickened some, fattened and thinned others; but above all, disrupted the routine lives of the people in a catholic town, that never imagined it could be a victim of the Caribbean magic. After a few months something unbelievable happened and that is when the inhabitants of "El Pueblo de Negros" had to face the most cruel change of all, the one, no one could avoid.—Pa'los Panas Producciones

Details

Keywords
  • religion
  • faith
  • virgin
  • magical realism
  • venezuela
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Oct 23, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Venezuela
Language Spanish
Filming locations Caracas, Venezuela
Production companies Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) Pa'los Panas Producciones

Box office

Gross worldwide $268520

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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