Patas arriba is a 2011 Venezuelan film directed by Alejandro García Wiedemann, best known for directing “Plan B”. This film is characterized because the main setting is the El Ávila National Park. It was winner of the 2012 Venezuelan Film Festival as “Best Film” and 5 other awards. It was also the winner of the 2012 Venezuelan Film Festival as “Best Film”.
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The plot tells of Renato, an old man whose dream before dying is to sail from La Guaira to Salvador de Bahia, but the only thing that stands between him and his dream is none other than his family, who want to send him against his will to a hospital. What none of them imagine is that Renato, with the help of his granddaughter Carlota, is going to surprise them all and try to solve the problems of a family that is “upside down.