Francisco Villarroel was born in Venezuela on 1965.
He is a lawyer, writer, actor, director and film producer.
Author of the books: Dos otoños en Paris, Tango Bar, Viviana y sus tres amantes, Tengo que decir adiós, of the book of poems: Noctámbulos, and of the legal books: Tratado General de Derecho Marítimo, Derecho Internacional del Mar, Temas de Derecho Marítimo and Derecho Internacional Público.
He is a Doctor and Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Marítima del Caribe.
For more than thirty (30) years he dedicated himself to the practice of law and university education publishing books on maritime law and international law.
He was President of the Venezuelan Maritime Law Association and Titular Member of the International Maritime Committee.
In 2007, he published his first novel that was made into a film Two Autumns in Paris in 2019, which was followed by his second novel Tango Bar, published in 2018 that was made into a film with the same name in 2024.
In 2020, he directed his first film Webidemic, whose original script he also wrote.
A young woman travels abroad trying to realize her dream of being a model, but there she is deceived and subjected to prostitution at the Cabaret Tango Bar, where she experiences the horrors as a victim of a sex trafficking network.
A Professor talks by phone video conversation to his girlfriend to invite her to his house, but interrupts the conversation to give an online class. As each of the students joins the class, they become ill and violent. Some students who had not started class, because they had not been able to get home, are communicating to notify that unexpected circumstances to the Professor, but are attacked, the Professor tries to calm down and calm his last student, but there is an outcome.
A striking political activist and refugee from Paraguay escapes to Paris and falls in love with a rich law student changing their lives forever. The beauty of their love is challenged by a fervent devotion to fighting for a cause. "Two Autumns in Paris" has won more than 130 awards and was the most awarded Venezuelan film of 2020. A historic examination of class, refugees, and political rebellion that subtly speaks in parallel to the world today. Its turbulent romance set with the background of the 'City of Love'.