BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2025

DIRECTOR: Luis Armando Roche
STARRING: Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Álvaro Roche, Jorge Almada
VENEZUELA/FRANCE, 1977, 1 HOUR 34 MINUTES, SPANISH + ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Also known as The Moving Picture Man this is a tender and picaresque adventure of a very unconventional family that brings cinema magic to the people of Venezuela.

Peddler, street photographer, radio announcer, policeman, and mechanic, Jacinto decides to become a film projectionist. To get away from the big city, this “Jack of all trades”, decides
to transform a truck into a travelling cinema shaped like a whale. Manuel (Alvaro Roche), a brave eleven-year-old orphan offers his help and becomes part of Jacinto’s trip. Juliet
(Juliet Berto), a mysterious French woman also looking for adventure, joins them in this cinematic journey to the end of the world.

Cinema Rediscovered on Tour is a Watershed project in collaboration with Park Circus and StudioCanal. With support from BFI awarding funds from The National Lottery.