El Inca (2016)

EL INCA is a tragic love story based on the life of the undefeated Edwin "El Inca" Valero, the greatest Latin American Boxer, Guinness World record holder and winner of 27 fights by knockout. Always accompanied by his wife, the charismatic boxer from the Venezuelan Andes, fights in rings around the world, gives great shows, and defeats all his rivals with his knockouts. As his professional life starts to rise, his personal life starts to stagger. Edwin establishes a relationship with another woman and gets trapped in his insecurities and a drug addiction, bringing him to his own destruction. Based on the powerful real life story, the film focuses on the life of a talented young man who reaches success, but with his wife, ends up being the victim of his excesses and his countless fears. - EL INCA is as controversial as Edwin Valero's life. At the end of 2016 and after a successful theatrical run, the Venezuelan Government censored the film and took it out of theaters. Pa'los Panas Producciones won an appeal and re-released the film in June 2017, but after only 4 days, the Supreme Court removed it again pending a hearing, which still has not been set. EL INCA was the Venezuelan official entry for the 90th Academy Awards.