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Jonathan Jakubowicz

Biography

Jonathan Jakubowicz

Jonathan Jakubowicz is an acclaimed Venezuelan filmmaker and writer. His breakthrough film, Secuestro Express, was recognized as a “Critics’ Pick” by The New York Times in 2005. He has since directed the films Hands of Stone (starring Edgar Ramirez, Ana de Armas and Robert DeNiro) and Resistance (starring Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Bella Ramsey). In 2016, Jakubowicz’s debut novel, LAS AVENTURAS DE JUAN PLANCHARD, became a bestseller in the Spanish-language market and one of the bestselling books from a Venezuelan author of all time.

Jonathan Jakubowicz

Books by Jonathan Jakubowicz

The Adventures of Juan Planchard
by Jonathan Jakubowicz - Adventure, Fiction, Political Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

"My name is Juan Planchard. I’m twenty-nine years old, and I have five million dollars in my account. I own a house in Caracas, another in Madrid, and a high-rise apartment in New York. I run a sportsbook at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. I share a private jet with a friend’s frontman. And I’m convinced --- down to my bones --- that every decision I made during the revolution was the right one. My descendants will thank me.” So begins THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN PLANCHARD, the story of a middle-class nobody turned millionaire by weaponizing the very corruption that swallowed Venezuela. But in the middle of the chaos, greed and blood money, Juan falls hard for Scarlet, a sharp, seductive American beauty who just might be his way out --- or his ultimate downfall.