| El Culebro: La historia de mi papá | |
| Director: | Nicolás Casanova |
| Producer: | Nicolás Casanova Adriana Casanova Rocío Casanova María Margarita Casanova Juan Sebastián Casanova Gilma Sampayo |
| Music: | Javier González Torrado |
| Editing: | Nicolás Casanova |
| Studio: | Senic |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Language: | Spanish |
El Culebro: La historia de mi papá (English: El Culebro: My Father's story) is a Colombia documentary film written and directed by Nicolás Casanova. The film explores and re-build the life of actor Hernando Casanova[1] in his early years, through to his years of success in perspective to his life as father.[2] The film was produced by SENIC (Casanova's sons and daughters Production company). The film premiered on 20 September 2017, in Special Screenings section at the 2017 Festival Universitario Eureka.[3]
Hernando Casanova, a dreamer young man, travels to Bogotá following his dream: To become a TV star. He leaves behind his rough childhood spent in survive in a dysfunctional family. Three decades later, Nicolás, his youngest son, rebuild his father's legacy. He only has a few clues about Hernando: TV and movies footage, home movies, old family photos, newspapers, a diary and eight years lived with him.
The following are heavily contributed to the documentary throughout recorded interviews and archive footage;
On 1 May 2015, it was announced that director Nicolás Casanova and Senic, were making a film about actor Hernando Casanova.[4] It was revealed that the film would be with a lot of unseen footage and music of Casanova. Nicolás Casanova stated: "Everyone knows his life as an artist. But many people do not know his private life, and the idea is to tell how my dad, coming from a very humble family, came to Bogota, and managed to enter the television and be who was".[5]
The documentary features various tracks Casanova had completed in 1982, during Romantico también LP.