The Power of Darkness or El Poder de las tinieblas is a 1979 Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 mystery thriller film

Film

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 directed by Mario Sábato

Mario Sábato

Mario Sábato is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the famed writer Ernesto Sábato.He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina best known for his children's comedy films.-External links:*...

 and starring Sergio Renán

Sergio Renán

Sergio Renán is an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter.Born in Buenos Aires in 1933, Renán became an accomplished violinist in his teens and, following a minor film role in Mario Soffici's 1951 drama Pasó en mi barrio , he joined the theatre as an actor and continued to appear in...

. The film was nominated at the Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico in 1982. The film is based on the chapter named "Informe sobre ciegos" from the novel Sobre héroes y tumbas

Sobre Héroes y Tumbas

On Heroes and Tombs is a novel by Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato, first published in Buenos Aires by Editorial Sudamericana in 1961 -Plot summary:...

. written by the father of the director, Ernesto Sábato

Ernesto Sabato

Ernesto Sabato , was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America"...

.

Plot

The film tells the story of a man ( Renán) who has discovered a global conspiracy against blind people, but can not prove or convince others. So he decides to write a report for the record, in case something happens . The film takes place in dark places , during the night , subways , basements , etc. , and it is a clear metaphor for the violent dictatorship that ruled Argentina at that time, the self-styled National Reorganization Process

National Reorganization Process

The National Reorganization Process was the name used by its leaders for the military government that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. In Argentina it is often known simply as la última junta militar or la última dictadura , because several of them existed throughout its history.The Argentine...

 (1976–1983).

Cast

• Carlos Antón
• Christina Banegas
• Aldo Barbero
  Aldo Barbero
  Aldo Barbero is an Argentine actor who has made over 65 appearances in film and TV in Argentine since the early 1960s.In 1971 he appeared in the musical Balada para un mochilero directed by Carlos Rinaldi which starred Jose Marrone....
  
  
• Leonor Benedetto
• Rodolfo Brindisi
  Rodolfo Brindisi
  Rodolfo Brindisi was an Argentine actor who appeared in film and television in Argentina between 1970 and 2003.In 1971 he appeared in the musical Balada para un mochilero directed by Carlos Rinaldi, which starred José Marrone.-External links:...
  
  
• Franklin Caicedo
• Jorge De La Riestra
• Graciela Dufau
• Enrique Fava
• Valentina Fernández De Rosa
• Augusto Larreta
• Carlos Moreno
  Carlos Moreno
  Carlos Roberto Moreno is a Mexican-American jurist. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court of California, Moreno is currently of counsel with the California-based law firm Irell & Manella. Moreno was considered to be a leading candidate to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S...
  
  
• Nelly Prono
• Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán is an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter.Born in Buenos Aires in 1933, Renán became an accomplished violinist in his teens and, following a minor film role in Mario Soffici's 1951 drama Pasó en mi barrio , he joined the theatre as an actor and continued to appear in...
  
  
• Osvaldo Terranova
  Osvaldo Terranova
  Osvaldo Terranova was an Argentine film actor.Terranova made over 50 appearances mostly in film between 1949 and 1985. IN the early 80s he made several TV appearances...