Cinema
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
La balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
Carlos Hugo Christensen · 1950
Synopsis
Segundo Mendoza commands the sloop Isabel, which bears his wife's name and runs between Margarita Island and the mainland. His son Juan dreams of sailing with him as a ship's boy. At each stop at La Guaira, in the Muchinga district, he sees Esperanza, his mistress. The day he decides to break it off, ready to sell his boat so as never to return, Esperanza turns to a sorcerer at the port and has a spell cast on him that plunges him into an obsessive trance.
Context
The film was produced by Bolívar Films, the company of Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco, which recruited technicians and actors in Argentina and Mexico to build a national industry. It adapts the story of the same name by a writer from the country, who wrote the screenplay with the director and the poet Aquiles Nazoa. Arturo de Córdova plays Segundo and Virginia Luque plays Esperanza; shooting took place on Margarita, on the Barlovento coast and at Muchinga, as well as at the Bolívar studios in Caracas. José María Beltrán was the cinematographer.
Who it is for
Ninety-six minutes in Spanish, in black and white; a melodrama of sailors and spells, led by Arturo de Córdova.
Prizes and reception
Prize for best photography at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951, where the film was in competition.
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