The Edwin Valero movie, "El Inca," was a box office sensation when it premiered on November 25th, becoming the 3rd most lucrative film of the year in Venezuela in less than three weeks. But its run came to a very abrupt halt on December 13th, when a judge ordered it removed from theaters and impounded all copies. The court case was brought by Valero's family, which accused director Ignacio Castillo Cottin of slander. But the director alleges politics had more to do with the ruling.
I'm sure there will be copies circulating. Whenever something popular gets banned a black-market is established virtually the next day.
If the movie was somewhat realistic of what happened, I'm not surprised of the family's move. It's said, but that's reality. Everything points at Valero being a total scumbag and if the movie portayed that, the family just doesn't want that to be out in the open. Before the real bad stuff went down, he was a national hero and even their president was a big fan, so there are probably many in high places who just want that painful reality to go away.
