SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Bleeder

Synopsis

Latin American exploitation film loosely based on Macbeth and set in Venezuela at the turn of the 20th century. Maximiliano (Alvarado) is a good man who has fallen in with a bandit clan. But after three mysterious women tell him that he will never die at the hand of another man, Maximiliano falls prey to his own arrogance and insecurities, and begins to doubt the wisdom of the clan leader, Duran. Maximiliano’s wife (Gomez) plants the notion in her husband’s mind that he would be better off without Duran, and Maximiliano plans to take the life of his one-time friend. Courtney Lehman (op cit) notes ‘the film is laced with over-the-top violence, gratuitous nudity and South American stereotypes’.

Language

Spanish (Venezuela)

Country

Venezuela

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

2000

Duration

90 mins

Credits

Director

Leonardo Henriquez

Producer

Alberto Arvelo

Cinematographer

Cezary Jaworski

Screenplay

Leonardo Henriquez

Music

Nascuy Linares

Cast

Daniel Alvardo	Max (Macbeth)
Karina Gomez	Max’s wife (Lady Macbeth)
Francisco Alfaro	Duran (King Duncan)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Edwardian

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Made for less than $300,000

Reviews

Lehmann, Courtney ‘Film Adaptations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. p. 104, entry 400.

Stratton, David. Variety (20 November 2000), p. 21

Production Company

Name

Centro Nacional Autonomo de Cinematografia

Name

Cinema Sur

Name

Post Meridian Cinema

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Leonardo Henriquez

Email

sangrador@cantv.net

Address

Jefe del Departamento de Realizacion
Escuelo des Medios Audiovisuales
Universidad de los Andes
Bogota
Colombia