{{Infobox film | name = Isla de sal | image = 1964-Isla-de-sal.png | caption = | director = Clemente de la Cerda | producer = Mario Bartolomei | writer = Mauricio Odreman | narrator = | starring = Lila Morillo<br />Simón Díaz<br />Doris Wells<br />Orangel Delfín<br />Efraín de la Cerda | music = Hugo Blanco | cinematography = Edmundo Raffaldi | editing = Clemente de la Cerda | distributor = Diana Films, S.A. | released = {{Film date|1964}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Venezuela | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Isla de sal''''' ({{langx|en|Salt Island}}) is a 1964 Venezuelan drama comedy film directed by Clemente de la Cerda. It was his first feature film,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VansCHXxnZYC&q=Isla+de+sal+1964&pg=PA66|last=Plazaola|first=Luis Trelles|title=South American cinema: dictionary of film makers|publisher=La Editorial UPR|year=1989|page=66|isbn=0-8477-2011-X}}</ref><ref>Tirado, Ricardo. ''Memoria y notas del cine venezolano, 1960-1976'', Fundación Neuman, 1988.</ref> but was considered one of his more important works. Later he won national acclaim with his blockbuster Soy un delincuente (1976).<ref name=venezuelatuya/>
==Plot== When Aurora discovers that his father has a big debt for the purchase of a new boat for his work as a fisherman, she decides emigrate to Caracas with her godfather Simon, for achieve fame and fortune as singer after that Walter Perez, a very famous TV producer, discovers her in her town, Chichiriviche, despite the opposition of Lydia (Walter's lover) and Venancio (Aurora's boyfriend).
==Cast== *Lila Morillo ... Aurora *Simón Díaz ... Simon *Doris Wells ... Lydia *Orangel Delfín ... Venancio *Efraín de la Cerda ... Walter Perez *Hugo Blanco ... Himself *Héctor Bayardo *Jose Vasquez *Gisela López *Carlos Flores *Alba Pinto *Miguel Angel Fuster *Nelida Leo
==Production==
The film introduced Cerda's focus on poverty and marginalization, which he continued in his later works. Due to the political content, he was unable to obtain state funding until the mid-1970s.<ref name=Barnard1998/> The director said of the film: "I knew from the start that it was a good movie, but in Venezuela there are no schools, no tradition or film industry, which is why I believe we should start with movies aimed at the general public."<ref name=Vertigo/>
==Reception==
The movie helped launch the career of the singer Lila Morillo.<ref name=Brendor1977/> Talking of this film and ''El rostro oculto (The Hidden Face)'' released soon after, a critic said "...these first two films reveal an interesting melange of styles and early technical ability, a search for language which came to an abrupt end in 1976 as the public demanded more and more 'delincuents'".<ref name=King2000/> Another commentator said the film was still weighed down with traditional banality, but introduced situations that the viewer could identify with and that might create social concern.<ref name=Izaguirre/> By 2010, when the film was shown at the Festival del Cine Venezolano Mérida 2010 it was described a "A Venezuelan film classic".<ref name=ActualidadURM/>
== References == {{Reflist|1|refs= <ref name=ActualidadURM>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionradio.net/actualidadur/nota/visornota.aspx?id=57749&tpCont=1&idSec=6 |work=Actualidad |publisher=Union Radio Medios C.A. |date=24 Oct 2010 |title=Festival del Cine Venezolano Mérida 2010 comienza este domingo |accessdate=2010-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154052/http://www.unionradio.net/actualidadur/nota/visornota.aspx?id=57749&tpCont=1&idSec=6 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=Barnard1998>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780292708716 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780292708716/page/314 314]–315 |chapter=Soy un delincuente |author=Tim Barnard, Peter Rist |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-292-70871-8 |title=Title South American cinema: a critical filmography, 1915-1994}}</ref> <ref name=Brendor1977>{{cite web |url=http://www.visor.com.ve/interno.php?visor=dir_subc&id_sub=108&id_cat=1&t=Historia+del+Cine+Venezolano |title=Breve Historia del Cine Venezolano |author=Jacobo Brender |year=1977 |work=Visor |accessdate=2010-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314222942/http://www.visor.com.ve/interno.php?visor=dir_subc&id_sub=108&id_cat=1&t=Historia+del+Cine+Venezolano |archive-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=Izaguirre>{{cite web |url=http://cinelatinoamericano.org/biblioteca/assets/docs/documento/476.pdf |title=Los años 70 |author=Rodolfo Izaguirre |publisher=Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano |accessdate=2010-11-11}}</ref> <ref name=King2000>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-c3VO-SWkkC&pg=PA217 |page=217 |title=Magical reels: a history of cinema in Latin America |author=John King |publisher=Verso |year=2000 |isbn=1-85984-233-X |accessdate=2010-11-11}}</ref> <ref name=venezuelatuya>{{cite web |url=http://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/clemente_cerda.htm |title=Clemente de la Cerda |language=Spanish |work=venezuelatuya |accessdate=2010-11-11}}</ref> <ref name=Vertigo>{{cite web |url=http://www.revistavertigo.info.ve/altanto/sesentavenezolanos.html |title=Vuelven los sesenta venezolanos |work=Vertigo |accessdate=2010-11-11 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0186245|Isla de sal}}
Category:Venezuelan comedy-drama films Category:1964 films Category:1964 comedy-drama films Category:Venezuelan black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Clemente de la Cerda Category:1964 directorial debut films Category:1964 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish-language comedy-drama films