Ifigenia (film)

María Eugenia Alonso, almost a woman, still a teenager, returns from Europe to impose the light of her reason on that of her old house, a temple of boredom, where, as in the old and humid churches, floats the old smell of traditions and race. María Eugenia from the beginning proclaims very loudly her independence of spirit and her firm purpose to be guided by clear and logical ideas. She rejects an order in which she does not believe and which imposes absurdities: confinement, boredom, prudishness and prohibitions that oppose her desire to live. On one side is freedom, passion, uncompromising love and above all life. On the other, conformism, security and stability, respect for rules and the consequent social recognition. Thus, between a grandmother and a crazy uncle, between an adventurous passion and a conventional marriage, María Eugenia finds herself involved in an overwhelming love triangle whose dangerous consequences will depend on her already prostrate will and will relentlessly decide her destiny. == Cast ==

The film was the First Film-School of the Central University of Venezuela. Its script was produced in the corresponding screenwriting workshops and since its production, it was planned to be divided into seven (7) Learning Areas, where 42 students, selected and trained, participated. == Awards ==

• Festival internacional de cinema de expressão ibérica, Arcos de Valdevez (1987): Grand Prize, ex aequo with Matador by Pedro Almodóvar and Opera do Malandro by Ruy Guerra. • Bogota Film Festival (1986): Special Jury Award. • National Association Of Cinematographic Authors (1987): • Best Production Award; • Best Supporting Actor Award; • Best Costume Design Award. • Culture Commission of the Cabildo of Caracas, Feature Films Section (1987): • Best Cinematography Award. == References ==