Film

Devil's Gold

2000 · 1h 30m · Drama

IMDb

5.9

Devil Gold is director José Novoa's third collaboration with producer Elia Schneider, and like the previous two films, Huelepega (or Glue Sniffer, which Schneider directed in 2000) and Sicario (1994), the film is a thriller-melodrama that focuses on a real-life problem plaguing Venezuela, with an emphasis on how the conditions affect children. Thus, after a few titles explaining the impact that gold mining has had on the country's Amazon region, along with helicopter footage (later to be blended into the narrative) of the ecologically devastated area, the film settles in on the lawless shanty town of Payapal for its narrative. Gallego (Armando Gota) runs the mine, exploiting his cheap labor force. Aroldo (Pedro Lander) breaks into Gallego's safe and steals his gold, along with a good deal of gold that Gallego was holding for his workers. Aroldo involves the unwitting Carmen (Jenny Noguera) in the robbery, and, when they are discovered, he shoots and kills Gallego's young son.

Laureano Olivares

Cae

Alberto Rowinsky

Fellini

Jeannette Lehr

Zuleima

Roberto Hernández

Mooligan

Rocío Miranda

Isabel

Armando Gota

Gallego

Pedro Lander

Aroldo

Jenny Noguera

Carmen

• José Ramón NovoaDirector
• Sonia ChocrónWriter
• Giuliano FerrioliEditor

Release date

June 14, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama