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Young Cain(Movie, 1959)

Original title: "Caín Adolescente" (Spanish/ES)
2h 2min | Genre: Drama
Young CainRating: 2.7/5 (with 22 votes)
Adolescence of Cain (Spanish: Caín Adolescente) is a 1959 Venezuelan film and the first film of the Venezuelan filmmaker Román Chalbaud. It was based on his homonymous theatre play. The widow Juana (Carlota Ureta Zamorano) moves to the slums of Caracas with her son Juan (Edgar Jimenez). The film follows the impact of poverty on their relationships. The film has been described as "historically and artistically significant" in many ways. ()
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About Young Cain

Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.

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Additional Information

Production country: Venezuela
Original language: Spanish (ES)
Spoken languages: Spanish (ES)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/05/1959
Director: Román Chalbaud
Screenwriter: Román Chalbaud
Composer: José Ángel Lamas, Eduardo Serrano
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Caín adolescente"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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