When I Want to Cry, I Don't (1973)
In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto and son of the poor Lucía; Perdomo, son of a middle-class communist who gets arrested; and bourgeois Peralta. On the day of his eighteenth birthday Pérez escapes from prison using lather pretending it to be a rage attack. Peralta shows a friend of his a car he got from his parents. A young lady gives herself to Perdomo as a birthday present. Pérez finds his mistress with another man and wounds her. Pérez and a few others rob an old man while riding on their motorcycles. Perdomo and a bunch of bushwhackers plan to rob a bank. Pérez sees a friend of his smoking pot while Peralta visits a cousin of his and has sex with her. Perdomo’s father, recently elected a communist representative wants to talk him out of his violent ways. Pérez sleeps with three girls and remembers how he once killed a man in the middle of a robbery. Peralta and his friends shoot dogs just for fun. Perdomo and his pals…
Cast
- Orlando Urdaneta - Victorino Pérez
- Valentín Trujillo - Victorino Peralta
- Pedro Laya - Victorino Perdomo
- Haydée Balza
- Verónica Castro
- Miguelangel Landa
- Rafael Briceño
- Liliana Durán
- Samuel Roldán
Screenplay
- Mauricio Walerstein (Screenplay)
- Román Chalbaud (Screenplay)
- Miguel Otero Silva (Novel)
Keywords
guerrilla warfare, based on novel or book
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- In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto and son of the poor Lucía; Perdomo, son of a middle-class communist who gets arrested; and bourgeois Peralta. On the day of his eighteenth birthday Pérez escapes from prison using lather pretending it to be a rage attack. Peralta shows a friend of his a car he got from his parents. A young lady gives herself to Perdomo as a birthday present. Pérez finds his mistress with another man and wounds her. Pérez and a few others rob an old man while riding on their motorcycles. Perdomo and a bunch of bushwhackers plan to rob a bank. Pérez sees a friend of his smoking pot while Peralta visits a cousin of his and has sex with her. Perdomo’s father, recently elected a communist representative wants to talk him out of his violent ways. Pérez sleeps with three girls and remembers how he once killed a man in the middle of a robbery. Peralta and his friends shoot dogs just for fun. Perdomo and his pals…
- Who directed When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
- When I Want to Cry, I Don't was directed by Mauricio Walerstein.
- Who stars in When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
- When I Want to Cry, I Don't stars Orlando Urdaneta, Valentín Trujillo, Pedro Laya, Haydée Balza, Verónica Castro, Miguelangel Landa.
- How long is When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
- When I Want to Cry, I Don't has a runtime of 1h 25m (85 minutes).
- What genre is When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
- When I Want to Cry, I Don't is a Crime, Drama, Thriller film.
- Where was When I Want to Cry, I Don't produced?
- When I Want to Cry, I Don't was produced in Venezuela, Mexico.