Small Planet Documentary Production Company

DURATION: 64 min.

The President of Venezuela is one of the most controversial political personalities of the XXI century, inspiring warm expressions of worship as well as waves of irrepressible hatred.

He did not hesitate to call Bush "Mr.Danger", Blair a "donkey", and Condoleezza Rice "chica" (little girl), perform karate moves in front of Putin, dance salsa and sing together with Fidel Castro and Maradona. Neither did he hesitate to dig into the fortunes of the big landowners, taking away land from their enormous properties and sharing it amongst poor landless peasants.

Will the president's wager succeed?Is it possible that Venezuela might inspire and stir up the whole of South America, shifting global geopolitical balances? Chavez himself admits the revolution in his country has not yet been completed, nevertheless he claims it is on the right path. And that it has three enemies: Imperialism, Bureaucracy and Corruption.

MAIN CREDITS

Written & Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Research Coordinator: Apostolis Kaparoudakis / Research: Manolis Filaktidis, Kostas Georgiadis / Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos / Editing: Dimitris Nikolopoulos, Meletis Pongas, Notis Benos / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / A Small Planet production for ERT © 2005 – 2006

TECHNICAL DATA

Original shooting format: SD PAL 576i / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 PAL / Languages: Greek, Spanish, English / Subtitles: Greek, English / Available Versions: Greek, English, French, International