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AÚN ES DE NOCHE EN CARACAS
Marité Ugás, Mariana Rondon
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97 minutes
Venezuela, Mexico
2025
NY Premiere, Opening Night Film
Part of Havana Star Prize Fiction Competition
Part of Where Cinema Begins
Followed by Q&A with directors Marité Ugás & Mariana Rondon
Preceded by: Opening Night Ceremony
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Biarritz Amérique Latine Film Festival
Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS
Caracas, Venezuela, 2017. The city is on the brink of collapse. Adelaida buries her mother and is left completely alone. There is no water, no food, no medicine. In the streets, protests are brutally crushed by the government.
Upon returning home, she discovers that her apartment has been invaded by a group of female militiamen loyal to the regime. With no way out, she takes refuge in the apartment across the hall, where she finds her neighbor dead and uses it as a hideout. Forced to share her confinement with a young man she cannot trust, she will live in a constant state of paranoia, fear, and death, until she realizes she must renounce her identity and assume another to escape the country and survive.
AÚN ES DE NOCHE EN CARACAS
Caracas, Venezuela, 2017. La ciudad está al borde del colapso. Adelaida entierra a su madre y queda completamente sola. No hay agua, no hay comida, no hay medicinas. En las calles las protestas son aplastadas con brutalidad por el gobierno.
Al volver a casa, descubre que su apartamento ha sido invadido por un grupo de mujeres milicianas leales al régimen. Sin salida, se refugia en el departamento de enfrente, donde encuentra a su vecina muerta y lo utiliza como refugio. Obligada a compartir su encierro con un joven en quien no puede confiar, vivirá en un constante estado de paranoia, miedo y muerte, hasta comprender que deberá renunciar a su identidad y asumir otra para escapar del país y poder sobrevivir.
About the Director
Marité Ugás
Marité Ugás is a Venezuelan filmmaker whose work explores identity, displacement, and human relationships, often shaped by the social and emotional landscapes of Latin America. Through a sensitive and introspective approach, she crafts intimate narratives that reflect on belonging, memory, and the complexities of everyday life.
Marité Ugás es una cineasta venezolana cuya obra explora la identidad, el desplazamiento y las relaciones humanas, a menudo marcadas por los paisajes sociales y emocionales de América Latina. A través de una mirada sensible e introspectiva, construye relatos íntimos que reflexionan sobre la pertenencia, la memoria y las complejidades de la vida cotidiana.
Mariana Rondon
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