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Evaristo Márquez is a Actor Colombien born on 23 august 1939
Evaristo Márquez (August 23, 1939 – June 15, 2013), was an Afro-Colombian actor and herdsman best known for his role as José Dolores in the film Burn!, acting alongside Marlon Brando under the direction of Gillo Pontecorvo.
Of his experience with Brando, Márquez said "he never made me feel inferior to him, he regarded me as a brother", and "indeed, there was no one like Brando; that way of changing the expression of his face, of his eyes; even more, he was a brave man."
In 2008 Márquez appeared in Chimbumbe, short film shown at the Cartagena Film Festival.
In August 2010 Márquez appeared in El Tambor Magico, a short film made by San Basilio de Palenque children.
He lived in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. Marquez died at a hospital in Cartagena, Colombia on June 15, 2013. He was 73.
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Evaristo Márquez (August 23, 1939 – June 15, 2013), was an Afro-Colombian actor and herdsman best known for his role as José Dolores in the film Burn!, acting alongside Marlon Brando under the direction of Gillo Pontecorvo.
Biography
Before his involvement with Pontecorvo he was a herdsman and illiterate. Márquez appeared in three more movies during the 1970s. With the decline of his film career, Márquez returned to work as a herdsmanOf his experience with Brando, Márquez said "he never made me feel inferior to him, he regarded me as a brother", and "indeed, there was no one like Brando; that way of changing the expression of his face, of his eyes; even more, he was a brave man."
In 2008 Márquez appeared in Chimbumbe, short film shown at the Cartagena Film Festival.
In August 2010 Márquez appeared in El Tambor Magico, a short film made by San Basilio de Palenque children.
He lived in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. Marquez died at a hospital in Cartagena, Colombia on June 15, 2013. He was 73.
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The Snake God (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Piero Vivarelli
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Nadia Cassini, Beryl Cunningham, Galeazzo Benti, Claudio Trionfi, Evaristo Márquez
Roles Luis
Rating53%
Paola (Cassini) is in a deteriorating marriage with Bernard (Galeazzo Bentivoglio). After the couple move to an island in the Caribbean, Paola befriends a local woman named Stella (Beryl Cunningham) who introduces her to the cult of the serpent god Djamballà. Paola, first despising the rituals of the cult, soon realises that they represent the passion and lust lacking in her married life. At a ritual where reality is interspersed within fantasy, Paola has sex with a strong black man (Evaristo Márquez) she identifies with the serpent god himself. After her husband's sudden death, she invites her former lover Tony (Sergio Tramonti) to the island to start a new life but understands that Djamballà has become her sole obsession.
Burn! (1969)
, 2h12Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Political films
Actors Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Giampiero Albertini, Dana Ghia
Roles José Dolores
Rating70%
The British government sends Sir William Walker (Brando), an agent provocateur, to the fictional island of Queimada, a Portuguese possession in the Lesser Antilles. Britain seeks to open the island to exploitation by the fictional Antilles Royal Sugar Company. Walker's task is to organize an uprising of African slaves against the Portuguese regime, which the British intend to replace with a government dominated by pliable white planters.