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{{Short description|2005 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel
| image          = 1888- El Extraordinario Viaje de Santa Isabel poster.jpg
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| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Alfredo Anzola]]
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| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The Mighty Orinoco]]''|[[Jules Verne]]}}
| starring       = Marco Villarubia
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| released       = {{Film date|2005|03||Guadalajara}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = Venezuela
| language       = Spanish
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'''''1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel''''' ({{langx|es|'''1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel'''}}) is a 2005 Venezuelan film based on the book ''[[The Mighty Orinoco]]'' by [[Jules Verne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/1888-the-extraordinary-voyage-of-the-santa-isabel-1200519277/ |title=1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel |work=Variety |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2005 [[Guadalajara International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/guadalajara-fest-opens-big-lineup-1117939892/|title=Guadalajara fest opens big lineup|publisher=Variety|first=Michael|last=O'Boyle|date=March 17, 2006|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref> It was the country's submission to the [[List of Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 2005, but was disqualified.
== Synopsis ==
Julio Verne, writer and adventurer, becomes bored with his life and decides to sail down the [[Amazon River|Amazon]]. He arrives in South America at the Venezuelan coast, meeting Italian geographer Conde Ermanno Stradelli; Stradelli has a mission from Rome to map the [[Orinoco]]. Verne decides to join him, and they gain another late addition: Juan de Kermor. Through the journey, Verne and Stradelli discover that Juan is actually a woman, Juana, who has been searching for a way to travel down the Orinoco looking for her father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://jverne.net/1888-el-extraordinario-viaje-de-la-santa-isabel-2005/|title=1888, el extraordinario viaje de la Santa Isabel (2005) {{!}} Julio Verne|last=Tello|first=Cristian|language=es|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>
== Cast ==
* [[Marco Villarubia]] as [[Jules Verne|Julio Verne]]
* Kristin Pardo as Juana de Kermor
* Ronnie Nordenflycht as [[Ermanno Stradelli|Conde Stradelli]]
* [[Elba Escobar]] as [[Honorine Verne]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Julio Bustamante]] as Coronel Kermor
== Production ==
The screenplay was written by [[Gustavo Michelena]], [[Rafael Arráiz Lucca|Rafael Arraiz]] and [[Alfredo Anzola]], based on the Verne story ''The Mighty Orinoco''. The film combines Verne's story, about the character Jeanne de Kermor, with a fictionalized framing narrative of the real Vernes and Count Stradelli being part of the journey.<ref name=":0" />
== Oscars selection ==
The film was chosen as Venezuela's 2005 entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, incomplete paperwork led to the entry being disqualified. At the time of its selection, the choice of the [[Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía|CNAC]] was controversial; the film ''[[Secuestro Express]]'' by [[Jonathan Jakubowicz]] was also eligible for nomination and was much more successful both nationally and internationally. Jakubowicz criticized the choice not to nominate his film, which is about kidnapping and gangs in Venezuela, saying that it was overtly political because his film was artistically superior. Anzola did not comment on the artistic quality of either film, but said that Jakubowicz, a relative newcomer to the industry at the time, was upset because he wanted his first feature film to receive a nomination and that he would be calmer with more experience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noticine.com/iberoamerica/36-iberoamerica/5322-polemica-por-representante-venezolano-a-los-premios-oscar-y-goya.html|title=Polemica por representante venezolano a los premios oscar y goya|website=noticine.com|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-27|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190927234259/http://noticine.com/iberoamerica/36-iberoamerica/5322-polemica-por-representante-venezolano-a-los-premios-oscar-y-goya.html  |archive-date = 2019-09-27  }}</ref> Jakubowicz was forced to leave Venezuela because of ''Secuestro Express'' after receiving threats from then-President [[Hugo Chávez]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/latino-movie-stars-necessary-hands-of-stone-donald-trump.html|title=Why Latino Movie Stars Have Never Been More Necessary|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> Ultimately, no submission was accepted from Venezuela in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=pr/200511020640|title=Secuestro Express director sued in Venezuela {{!}} Venezuela News|website=www.vcrisis.com|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0483541}}
{{Venezuelan submission for Academy Awards}}
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Jules Verne]]
[[Category:Venezuelan drama films]]