Light in the High Plains

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Light in the High Plains
Light in the High Plains poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Víctor Urruchúa
Written by Guillermo Fuentes
Víctor Urruchúa
Produced by Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco
Starring José Elías Moreno
CinematographyRamiro Vega
Edited byEduardo Serrano
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
CountryVenezuela
LanguageSpanish

Light in the High Plains (Spanish : Luz en el páramo) is a 1953 Venezuelan film directed by Víctor Urruchúa. [1] It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. [2]

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References

  1. Sadlier p.48
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Luz en el páramo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

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