Edgar Ramírez & Natalia Reyes Interview: It Would Be Night in Caracas and Venezuela’s Crisis скачать в хорошем качестве

Edgar Ramírez & Natalia Reyes Interview: It Would Be Night in Caracas and Venezuela’s Crisis

In a world where society is often silenced by authoritarian regimes, It Would Be Night in Caracas thunders through the cracks of oppression with a powerful voice. Directed by Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás, this film adaptation of Karina Sainz Borgo's novel follows Adelaida (Natalia Reyes), who returns home after her mother's burial during Venezuela's 2017 unrest. Instead, Adelaida finds her apartment seized by a violent female militia led by Mariscala (Sheila Monterola). Trapped across the hall in a neighbor's flat, she hides with Santiago (Moisés Angola), a former revolutionary forced into the paramilitary groups terrorizing civilians. As violence erupts outside, the two struggle to survive while society collapses around them. For context, in 2017, Venezuela faced a severe migration crisis driven by economic collapse, hyperinflation, and shortages of food and medicine. Political repression and violent crackdowns under Nicolas Maduro fueled instability. As cases of arrest and abuse continued to increase, so did violent crime rates. By 2018, more than 2.3 million Venezuelans had left their home country since 2014. Most of these migrants, often referred to as "caminantes" ("walkers"), would begin their journey on foot, making their way towards countries like Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. As Reyes and co-star Edgar Ramírez point out, these horrors continue nearly a decade on. "It's a cycle that repeats itself constantly." Ramírez elaborates: "Venezuela has been subjected to a totalitarian regime for the last 25 years. It’s been a process that has become increasingly more and more totalitarian. The movie deals with exile, with displacement, with heartbreak, with the impossibility of being tolerated in the country where you're born, and the need to forcefully leave the only country that you love and that you know, and that has been a reality that more than eight million Venezuelans have lived. We currently have the largest displacement crisis in the world. It’s more than eight million people who have been forced to leave the country in the last 15 years. But unfortunately, it’s a story that happens in Venezuela, but it could have happened in so many countries around the world today and yesterday, and unfortunately, tomorrow. It's a cycle that repeats itself constantly." Collider's Steven Weintraub had the opportunity to sit down with cast members Ramírez and Reyes at the Campari Media Center at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. In this interview, Ramírez and Reyes shared more about the Venezuelan context of the film, themes of immigration as exiled Latin Americans, and why It Would Be Night in Caracas is a story that is just as global as it is local. Watch the full conversation in the video above, indexed below, for more on what the actors have coming up, including Next Life with Emilia Clarke. 02:18 - What is It Would Be Night in Caracas about? 03:32 - The stars explain the importance of a film like this in the world today. 06:08 - How did the two prepare for such heavy roles? 07:14 - How crucial Ramírez was to getting It Would Be Night made. 08:50 - Ramírez explains how the film itself is an act of defiance, made in secret. 10:47 - What it means to travel the world with their film now. 15:43 - Get to know Natalia Reyes and Edgar Ramírez! 22:47 - Ramírez shares exciting news about his upcoming romance, Next Life, with Emilia Clarke. #itwouldbenightincaracas #edgarramirez #nataliareyes #venezuela #nextlife For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL   / collider     / collider     / collider