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- DirectorHector BabencoStarsTom BerengerJohn LithgowDaryl HannahMartin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
- DirectorJack TobinAn American goes to work in the booming oil industry of Venuzuela.
- DirectorKatrina ChannellsChasing Chavez explores Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution through the eyes of Australian Coral Wynter, as she seeks a meeting with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. Coral's one desire is to present her idol with the book she co-authored 'Voices from Venezuela: behind the Bolivarian revolution' but as Coral explains 'nothing is easy in Venezuela.'
- DirectorRubén Sierra SallesStarsGladys PrincePatrizia FuscoRossana HernándezMeche has not got over the absence of his son Raúl. Challenged by an imminent danger, her daughters Dayana and Anabel try to convince her to leave Lídice, the neighborhood where she has lived her entire life. With Dayana's birthday for excuse, the family gathers.
- DirectorFreddy SisoStarsPedro María PeñaAlbina DugarteOmar CastilloPortrait of the daily reality of the peasants of the town of Los Nevados, in the state of Mérida (Venezuela), who have to emigrate to the city in search of better economic conditions, although they always try to keep their customs alive despite everything.
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsLourdes ValeraCarlos CruzDaniela AlvaradoIn the corridors of a Caracas hospital, two very dissimilar beings meet by chance one night. Coming from very different worlds, anxiety is the only thing they have in common. One of them is Antonieta Sanchez, a single mother who has made ends meet for herself and her son, Odulio, by washing clothes and ironing. She knows she has lost her son a long time ago: Odulio is a young criminal. The night he was shot, Antonieta's life changed forever. The other is Benigno Robles, an assistant district attorney who, as a young law student, devoted his career with hope and deeply rooted ideals of justice. When Elisa, his only daughter, is hit by a stray bullet, Benigno will never be the same. But this encounter between Antonieta and Benigno, seemingly coincidental, is not: there is a secret that will eventually come to light.
- DirectorSolveig HoogesteijnStarsIrma SalcedoGisvel AscanioÁngel BarceloAbout a mysterious and troubled black woman, a former practitioner of the Santería religion, who must comes to terms with her background whilst in a Caracas jail.
- DirectorRicardo AdlerRicardo KordaBelén OrsiniStarsPaul FellermeierManis FriedmanAn ancient Kabbalistic secret was kept hidden for centuries, but now filmmaker Ricardo Adler and leading Rabbis of this generation are breaking a historical tradition and revealing it for the first time.
- DirectorJorge Thielen ArmandStarsJosé Dolores LópezAdrializ LópezMarley AlvillaresA vivid and intimate account of the Venezuelan crisis told through the real-life struggle of a young father trying to save his family from the demolition of their home.
- DirectorCharles MartinezStarsSergio AlonsoRodrigo GómezMelina Hidalgo LloveraA documentary with elements of fiction that explores the myth around the character of Luis Enrique Cerrada Molina (1956-1977), the most popular miraculous dead man of the Andean city of Mérida, who lived as a criminal, who was famous for sharing the haul with the poor people of the barrios and the city and for being riddled with bullets in a well-known confrontation with law enforcement officers.
- DirectorMel FerrerStarsAudrey HepburnAnthony PerkinsLee J. CobbA young man in the jungles of Venezuela meets a strange girl of the forest and falls in love with her.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsLisa BlountLeonard MannWillie AamesA reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
- DirectorJohn PetrizzelliStarsCarolina TorresLuis Gerónimo AbreuAroldo BetancourtFifty years of Venezuelan history seen through the eyes of a parrot, with multiple names and as the owner of the moment: "empanada", "Democracy" and "Penelope." His life is marked since it was sold to animal dealers when it was just a pigeon. Not imagine the adventures of the parrot that will witness this in the search of his most cherished dreams. What a mess! En la Venezuela de los años 50, un pichón de loro real es vendido a traficantes de animales; durante su traslado es salvado por una vendedora de empanadas quien lo acoge como un miembro más en su familia. Los tiempos son duros para sus dueños y la capital se perfila como una buena opción de vida, así que emprenden el largo viaje y se llevan con ellos al loro. Una vez en Caracas, ni se imaginan las peripecias que este loro tendrá que pasar, de jaula en jaula y siento testigo de las aventuras y desventuras de sus dueños.
- DirectorJoseph NovoaStarsRocío MirandaLaureano OlivaresArmando GotaThe town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the environment. Apart from the local bar and brothel, the settlers have nothing to do but work on the mines. Every once in a while a man called Fellini arrives and projects films. One day the mother of teenager Isabel and her lover steal the gold from miner El Gallego and flee from Papayal. The girl is forced to pay their debt, by working on the brothel. Isabel tries to escape, but she is caught by the police, and meets Cae, a young man who is bought by a trader to work in the gold mines. Back on Papayal, Isabel falls in love with Cae, who tells her that both her mother and her lover have been killed.
- DirectorMargot BenacerrafStarsJosé Ignacio CabrujasLaurent Terzieff"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsCosme CortázarFrancis RuedaAlexander MilicAt early 16th century a priest joins the Spanish colonizers in order to bring Christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but finally becomes one of them - until the Spaniards return.
- DirectorHaik GazarianStarsAlfonso HerreraRuddy RodríguezRafael RomeroVenezuelan film based on real events of Venezuela's role during World War II
- DirectorJoel NovoaStarsMohammed AlkhaldiVando VillamilDaniela AlvaradoInspired by true events, "God's Slave" is the story of Ahmed and David, two extremist characters, one Islamic and the other Jewish, who cross their paths while being in the opposite side of the conflict in the A.M.I.A bombings that took place in 1994 in Buenos Aires.
- DirectorLuis ManzoStarsIván TamayoRoque ValeroElaiza GilIn a tiny town in an unnamed Latin American country in the 1930s, a young telegraph operator helps link the small, repressed community to the outside world, against the will of the powerful colonel who rules the village like a dictator.
- DirectorJuan XiolEdward G. MullerEdoardo MulargiaStarsRoberto AntonelliHélène ChanelÁngel ÁlvarezAfter escaping from a prison camp, an undercover Policeman infiltrates a Revolutionary Movement bent on stealing guns and ammo for their cause. He finds that he must combat the entire group single-handed. Larry Anderson
- DirectorAlfredo AnzolaStarsMarco VillarubiaKristin PardoRonnie Nordenflycht"1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of The Santa Isabel" is a whimsical adventure fantasy about a tired Jules Verne, fleeing from Paris and a bored wife, who joins Italian explorer Stradelli in an expedition on the Orinoco river. Along the way they pickup a young stranger- a woman disguised as a man, searching for her lost father.
- DirectorLuis CorreaStarsOmaira AbinadeDaniel AlvaradoRicardo BlancoThe true story about a bloody rivalry and revenge between two families in Santa Barbara del Zulia, Venezuela; during the 70s.
- DirectorRaúl ChamorroStarsEliane ChipiaMagdiel GonzálezMercedes LópezJULIAN is a peaceful young peasant who lives with his grandmother and is in deep love with SAGRARIO. He is recruited for military service against his will. He suffers awful abuse and punishment. Julian escapes and becomes uncatchable. He fights for freedom and love. He overcomes the abuse of power.
- DirectorLuis Armando RocheStarsRoy DupuisChristian VadimCarlos CruzIn the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
- DirectorJavier MujicaStarsErnesto CeballosErick RonsóCarlos Antonio LeónInspired by true events, "The 86" highlights the activities of a band of 86 street thugs that were famous for their strong presence in the Caracas's scene during the 1980's.
- DirectorFreddy SisoStarsAsdrúbal MeléndezFlor NúñezJulio AlcázarA young peasant farmer has a feud with a heartless landowner which results in the landowner killing the peasant's cattle which result in the peasant killing the landowner which for the man goes in to hiding for more than 40 years, hounded by the murdered landowner's son obsessed with finding his father's killer.
- DirectorSolveig HoogesteijnStarsDaniel AlvaradoMaría Luisa MosqueraFrank HernándezThe true story of a jealous policeman and his young wife living in a shanty-town in South America.
- DirectorAlberto ArveloStarsEdgar RamírezErich WildpretMaría ValverdeSimon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered -- it liberated.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneKatharine RossJim HuttonDivorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.
- DirectorRober CalzadillaStarsVicente QuinteroGiovanny GarciaVicente PeñaAt the end of the 80's, by the creeks of the Arauca river, near the Colombian-Venezuelan border, two men survived the brutality of a shooting in which 14 of their mates were killed. They claimed to be mere fishermen, but the Venezuelan army accused them to be guerrilla fighters, intimidating them in every possible way and even attempting to remove them from the cell where they were guarded by a policeman. Their neighbors prevented their transfer, but the pressure they faced to give in and submit the official version was overwhelming.
- DirectorAnabel Rodriguez RiosVillagers in the Venezuelan community of Lake Maracaibo fight against pollution, corruption and neglect to keep homes and way of life.
- DirectorAlejandro Bellame PalaciosStarsRossana Fernández DíazChristian Josue GonzalezJuan Carlos NuñezDelia survived a river-flood ten years ago. She's trying to rebuilt her life but she soon discovers danger is over her two sons. But hope of reconstruction is possible, because the force of love,despite all, keep them united.
- DirectorIván FeoStarsMarialejandra MartinEduardo SerranoMiguel Ángel SuárezA bloody attempted kidnapping ends with the murder of an ambassador. These are real events that occur in the course of shooting a glamorous film. Tosca is the famous actress, Mario, her boyfriend, is the director of the film, Angela is a journalist object of the terrible jealousy of Tosca. All of them, without knowing it, are observed by the silent gaze of Scarpia, Chief of Police. Tosca's jealousy allows Scarpia to lead the investigations with a double purpose: to dismantle a terrorist apparatus and to encircle the actress, absolutely innocent of the danger that lies in wait for her. A film within a film. The staging of the film becomes the staging of the policeman who deals with characters who are victims of their own weaknesses and miseries. In the end, faced with the vertigo of events, the roles are turned upside down. The spectator functions as a policeman, discovering the plot. Feelings are questioned. Darkness and passion sweep everything away. There is only tragic and cruel fate. Tosca and Scarpia are forced to see each other's faces. Tosca, La Verdadera Historia is the second film produced under the "School Film" system by the Central University of Venezuela and Director Iván Feo.
- DirectorIgnacio Castillo CottinStarsAlexander LeterniScarlett JaimesMiguel FerrariA tragic love story based in the life of the great Latin American boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero. The only fight he lost, was the one against himself.
- DirectorPablo de la BarraStarsNemesio AntúnezGloria LasoHugo MedinaIn 1967, a radical leftist group struggles to affect the Chilean political status quo.
- DirectorRafael Marziano TinocoStarsGregory AntonettiEnrique Bolivar NavasCaridad CanelónCaptures the stories of Caribbean people and its political and spiritual journey through the musical tale of Billo Frometa and the music that made him an icon throughout generations in Latin America.
- DirectorElia K. SchneiderStarsLuis FernandezPrakriti MaduroMimi LazoThe film is based on the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent, outstanding lawyer with a four-year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish her long-time secret: to transition into a trans woman.
- DirectorDiego RísquezStarsLuigi SciamannaSheila MonterolaLuis FernandezSet in La Guaira between 1924 and 1954, it tells the life of the famous Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsGustavo CamachoJorge CanelónHans ChristopherThe film reproduces the historical moment when Cipriano Castro, then president of Venezuela, proclaimed: "The insolent plant of the foreigner has desecrated the sacred soil of the fatherland!" While the coasts were invaded by imperial forces in 1902.
- DirectorCarlos AzpúruaStarsAmalia Pérez DíazJean Carlo SimancasDaniel AlvaradoDuring a police round-up, Mercedes witnesses the unjust murder of her son, a working-class man, by a police captain. Refusing to accept the official version of the story - that her son was a criminal - she launches a campaign for justice. Santiago, a young journalist moved by Mercedes's passion and determination, begins to investigate the story of the police cover-up at the risk of his own life. As the investigation develops, the film exposes the depth of Venezuela's corruption.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsFernando CarrilloLa Beba RojasPedro LanderThe history is initiated in August of the 2002, in a meeting where Nicolas Petrov reads the sentence emitted by the Pan-American Cut of Human Rights, situated in Costa Rica, by means of which all State Venezuelan is ordered to compensate the relatives and victims of the events of February 27, to perform an effective investigation of the crimes and to identify the material heads and intellectuals of the judged facts To apply them the corresponding penal and administrative sanctions. Of all an endless number of situations are amused. They are very few the Venezuelans that do not have anything that to count on the 27F. Just as crystal Ball Caparigua, I Move away Sanpedro and hundreds of other personages that appear in "El Caracazo" are alone a small part- aforesaid in token fiction- of a social tragedy that changed the face of Venezuela.
- DirectorJorge Thielen ArmandStarsJorge Thielen HedderichJuan Luis Escriban LottCarlos MedinaTo escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, a man retreats into the jungle and meets old friends. But their former happiness is transformed into evil intentions by the lure of gold.
- DirectorHernán JabesStarsGabriel AgüeroEliane ChipiaJohanna JulietheFour upper-class high school students who live carefree between drugs, games and love until one of the girls, Eli, is brutally killed. Sixteen years later, the memory of the crime torments Alain, another member of the group.
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsLourdes ValeraDaniel AlvaradoAlexander MilicSet during a civil revolt in the mid-19th century where Caribbean myths affect the lives of two characters: an indigenous man enlisted in the Liberal Army, and a mute white woman who develop a romance while seeking a new life.
- DirectorClemente de la CerdaStarsMaría EscalonaManoel FerreiraHaydée BalzaRamon Antonio Brizuela is a criminal whose life passes between rounds, parties and showdowns. Recognized by a witness during an assault, he is taken to jail where he becomes aware of the unfair and corrupt judicial system.
- DirectorThaelman UrgellesStarsDavid AbadChela AlterioCorina AzopardoThe story tells the emotional conflicts of a group of young friends, who represent a generation that was characterized by family problems and live music.
- DirectorAlejandro SadermanStarsVerónica OddóElba EscobarJuan Carlos GenéA fugitive bursts into the home of two Catholic nuns. In an attempt to save his life, they hide him from the marauding military patrols, despite the danger they face if they are caught.
- DirectorPatricia OrtegaStarsLaureano OlivaresEl Regreso is a documentary student film, which tells the story of a Wayuu girl who escapes the massacre in Portete (Colombia).
- DirectorCésar BolívarStarsErich WildpretJulio AlcázarAlberto AlifaGabriel, agent of a tactical police group, has decided to take justice into his own hands to avenge the death of his parents. He obtains the help of Pepe Grillo, a journalist with a knack of locating criminals. Together, they follow the massacre trail and Gabriel is forced to confront the killers, putting at risk not only his life, but also the life of Raquel, the woman with whom he could share a new path.
- DirectorDiego RísquezStarsKosinegueRolando PeñaHugo MárquezInitially, it's the recreation of what the American territory would have been like before the arrival of the Spaniards: we see the indigenous people who dedicate themselves to art, fishing, children who play and the community that celebrates its rituals, dances and beliefs. With the arrival of Christopher Columbus everything changes.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsMiguel Ángel LandaAmérica AlonsoCarlos MárquezTell the story and recreate the kidnapping events of a child that shocked public opinion in Caracas, Venezuela, 1973.
- DirectorEfterpi CharalambidisStarsRafael GilAlba ValvéYugui LópezAn honest motorcycle-taxi driver and law-abiding citizen, Libertador Morales dons a disguise to become El Justiciero, an avenging motorcycle hero who foils the crime spree of a local street gang in Caracas.
- DirectorCaupolican OvallesStarsLuis Gerónimo AbreuJosé Roberto DíazLaureano OlivaresTen years after General Antonio José de Sucre - Grand Marshal of Ayacucho- was murdered in the Berruecos jungle, Colombia. The inquiry into his death is reopened, Captain Alejandro Godoy take charge as prosecutor. Several political motives mean that the case must definitively be drawn to a close. Godoy discovers that a large part of the documentation produced during the original inquiry has been destroyed. With his own life in danger, Godoy discovers a highly intricate plot that put an end to Sucre's life.
- DirectorRomán ChalbaudStarsMayra AlejandraMiguel Ángel LandaWilliam MorenoThe old story repeats itself, in another time, and another place. End of the 1970s, at La Guaira seaport, a strapping sixteen-year old Carmen is the girl that attract all males' eyes. Female rivalries and hot tempers leads her into a fight with an older woman smuggler, La Perícia, at the municipal market. Carmen cuts the other woman's face. José Navarro, sergeant of Guardia Nacional on duty, arrests her, and takes her in a truck to the police station. The way is short, but the time of touching his face with a blossoming red rose, José is love with Carmen. For her, he will betray his uniform, he will lose his grade, and he will even kill, becoming the leader of her gang of smugglers. Félix Reverte, a young and daring bullfighter, comes to town where he will perform his art of killing the bull in the arena, soon; he too, becomes madly in love with Carmen, and the girl becomes obsessed with his courtship, rejecting her older lover. The day of the bullfight, when Carmen approaches the arena to watch Reverte's bullfighting, José can't stand it anymore, they fight, and he stabs her to death.
- DirectorPablo de la BarraStarsVerónica CortezToco GómezAlejo FelipeUn grupo de conspiradores prepara un atentado contra el presidente Rómulo Betancourt
- DirectorMarilda VeraStarsCarlota SosaMarcelo RomoHéctor MayerstonAfter the suicide of her son, Amanda starts to question her life and the decisions she made when she was young. This movie take us back to Venezuela in the 1950s through the memories of Amanda Contreras, between of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez.
- DirectorDiego VelascoStarsZapata 666Amanda KeyErich WildpretThe Zero Hour is a gritty, fast-paced heist film. Set in Caracas during the 24 hours of a controversial medical strike, the film tells the story of Parca (The Reaper) a feared hit man that is forced to take an elite hospital hostage in an attempt to save his wounded girlfriend. The police don't take long to arrive, and with them, a circus of media and onlookers. Parca soon becomes an unlikely hero, a "champion for the poor," until his stunt begins to divide the entire nation and violence begins to spread within the hospital and throughout the city, putting everything, including his girlfriend and her child, in dire jeopardy. A love story told in the midst of chaos, The Zero Hour is a timely and universal story about the mythic rise to power and the inevitable fall from grace.
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsJuvel VielmaDaniela AlvaradoGledys IbarraTAITA BOVES chronicles a thirst for revenge that devastated a country. It tells the true story of Jose Tomás Boves, a cruel man who became a legend during the Venezuelan War of Independence, the most violent in the Americas. He went from seafarer to pirate, horse smuggler to prosperous merchant, prisoner to military chief. Spanish by birth, he spearheaded a grass roots troop of slaves, mulattoes, Indians and mestizos that crushed Simón Bolívar and his patriot army. Respectfully referred to as "Taita" by them, he fought for the underprivileged and the poorest of the poor, and curtailed three centuries of order in this colonial region. This film is about his passions and power, his loves and misadventures, and a bloody saga that rocked Venezuela.
- DirectorCarlos AzpúruaStarsManuel AranguizYanis ChimarasDalila ColomboThe film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a group of military rebels staged a coup d'etat. Venezuelans found themselves as virtual prisoners. As the coup starts and fighting takes place from a military base which is in the center of the city's most affluent areas, with both luxury high rises and palatial mansions. The area of La Carlota provides a wealth of very interesting, often flamboyant and typical characters of the Latin America upper middle and upper classes. They are among the most affected. Various vignettes in these different characters' homes are developed. These people's reactions, lifestyles, vices, and humanity come out in a very honest fashion under duress. There are often clashes between them and the military invading the area. The media, particularly TV and radio insist everything is under control, but the residents around La Carlota see a very different reality, right through daybreak (Amanecer) the following morning.
- DirectorNico ManzanoStarsJesús NunesGabriel AgüeroEduardo BolAn alternative rock band's singer-guitarist starts a solo career, seeking inspiration as Venezuela's crisis roils, accompanied by The Beasts, two masked and mysterious beings.
- DirectorDiego RísquezStarsSamantha CastilloCarlos CruzCarlos CruzThe life of the venezuelan singer Felipe Pirela.
- DirectorLuis Alberto LamataStarsRoque ValeroAlberto AlifaCarlos Enrique AlmiranteBy the first time, Simon Bolivars story is been told from the perspective about the man, not the heroe but the human been itself; with his weakness and troubles that led him to think even in death. Based on one of the most dramatic years at Libertadors life, between May 1815 and May 1816, can be seen the man without the uniform, the man who suffered a rough exile on Jamaica, in the midst the loneliness and the penury from a young man who though he have failed.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsArturo de CórdovaVirginia LuqueAmérica BarrioA Captain with a mistress at another port leaves his wife on a routine trip with his son. There, after making a hasty retreat from his mistress, she, with the help of a local shaman, conspire to take him away from his family forever.
- DirectorFranco RossiStarsTerence HillBud SpencerJean-Pierre AumontTwo unusual missionaries in NW Venezuela help their flock sell their crop and are never afraid of a fight to protect their flock from an evil, corrupt governor.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsMaximilian SchellRosanna SchiaffinoFrancisco RabalHistorical drama about Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar who helped much of Latin America to achieve independence from Spain.
- DirectorDiego VicentiniStarsChristian McGaffneyJana NawartschiLuis SilvaSimón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter exiled in Miami, copes not only with trauma, but also deep guilt over a choice he must make: stay in Miami and start a new life, or return home to the losing fight against a tyrannical regime.
- DirectorJonathan JakubowiczStarsMía MaestroJean Paul LerouxRubén BladesYoung couple Carla (Maestro) and Martin (Leroux) are abducted by three men and spend a terrifying night in Caracas as they wait for Carla's father (Blades) to hand over the ransom.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe NoiretA lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.