Morelia 2025 Interview: IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS Directors Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugas on Shooting Their Political Thriller in Secret

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Set in 2017, It Would Be Night in Caracas depicts political upheaval through the eyes of a Venezuelan writer desperate to flee the country. As the city collapses around her, she is threatened by revolutionaries, the police, and paramilitary operatives. Based on a novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, the film was co-directed by longtime filmmaking partners Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugas. Through their Sudaca Films, the two have worked together on a half-dozen films, including Bad Hair (2013) and last year's Zafari. During the Covid pandemic, they were invited to adapt Borgo's novel by the production company Redrum. ScreenAnarchy: How did you come to this project? Marité Ugas: The novel came out in 2019. It was an immediate bestseller and translated into several languages. No...

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