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Jonathan Jakubowicz

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Jonathan Jakubowicz is Venezuela's most celebrated filmmaker and writer, whose film Secuestro Express was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the British Independent Film Awards and was a New York Times "Critics' Pick" in 2005. He is Jewish of Polish descent.

Secuestro Express became the nation's biggest box office hit of all time, which enraged then President Hugo Chavez, whose government opened two trials against Jakubowicz, who was forced to leave Venezuela.

Jakubowicz latest film, Hands of Stone (2016), is about the relationship between Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán (played by Édgar Ramírez) and his trainer Ray Arcel (played by Robert De Niro). Hands of Stone premiered in the Cannes Film Festival 2016 and was warmly received with ...more

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