Devil's Gold

Devil's Gold — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 14, 2000
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• José Ramón Novoa

Devil's Gold — Cast

Laureano Olivares Cae Alberto Rowinsky Fellini Jeannette Lehr Zuleima Roberto Hernández Mooligan

R

Rocío Miranda Isabel

A

Armando Gota Gallego

P

Pedro Lander Aroldo

J

Jenny Noguera Carmen