My Father’s Prison

04/23/2023

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1hr 21min

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Documentary

STORY

When Ivan Simonovis becomes the first and most famous political prisoner in Venezuela, a 15-year period of imprisonment leaves devastating effects on his and his family’s lives. Living in exile as a filmmaker, his son Ivan Andrés crafts a very personal and moving story, using over 25 years of unique family material, showing history from an angle never seen before. A family that had to overcome extreme hardship, a father that has to find his place in life again and a son that faces his traumas by inviting the viewer into the core of a wound that touched both his family and his entire country.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

    Director

  • Iván Andrés Simonovis Pertíñez

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Studio Beep

    Production Countries

  • Venezuela
  • Czech Republic

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish

Cast