Don Segundo Sombra (film)
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Don Segundo Sombra is a 1969
Argentine
drama film
directed by Manuel Antín
, based on the novel of the same name
. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival
.
1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
Argentine
Cinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Manuel Antín
Manuel Antín
Manuel Antín is an Argentine film director and screenwriter.Manuel Antin was born in Las Palmas, Chaco Province, in 1926. He first wrote for Argentine television in 1956 and made his directorial debut in 1962 with his first film: La Cifra Impar based on a tale of Julio Cortázar...
, based on the novel of the same name
Don Segundo Sombra
Don Segundo Sombra is a 1926 novel by Argentine rancher Ricardo Güiraldes. Like José Hernández's poem Martín Fierro, its protagonist is a gaucho. However, unlike Hernandez's poem, Don Segundo Sombra does not romanticize the figure of the gaucho, but simply examines the character as a shadow cast...
. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival
1970 Cannes Film Festival
The 1970 Cannes Film Festival was the 23rd competition. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan...
.
Cast
- Héctor Alterio - Gaucho in Black
- Alejandra BoeroAlejandra BoeroAlejandra Boero was an Argentine theater actress and director born in Buenos Aires.Her career started in 1942 at the La Máscara theater. In 1950 she founded Nuevo Teatro, an institution that aimed to renew stage forms and built two theaters in Buenos Aires...
- Quack Woman - Juan Carvalledo - Fabio as Young Man
- Lito CruzLito CruzLito Cruz is a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor.-Life and work:Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in local theatres at the age of 15. Graduating from a La Plata secondary school, he continued to...
- Luis Manuel de la Cuesta
- Juan Carlos Galván
- Juan Carlos Gené - Don Sixto
- Adolfo Guiraldes - Don Segundo Sombra
- Jorge Hacker
- Luis Medina Castro
- Soledad SilveyraSoledad SilveyraSoledad Silveyra , is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress.She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap opera El Amor tiene cara de mujer in 1964 as a 12 year old...
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