Piantadino
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Piantadino is a 1950 Argentine
Spanish language
comedy film
directed by Francisco Múgica
.
The film is based on the cartoon character of the same name created by Adolfo Mazzone
.
.
Piantadino was Mazzone's best known character.
The name Piantadino is a diminutive of "Piantado", which means mentally disturbed person, half-mad or, a person who escapes, whether that be physically or just from a situation.
First appearing in the newspaper El Mundo in 1941, Piantadino, the daily comic strip, followed the adventures of a convict who behaved in jail as if he were on a pension. With the characters Afanancio and Barili, the three formed a sympathetic trio of scoundrels. The character subsequently appeared in Guillermo Divito
's magazine Rico Tipo
.
Piantadino was adapted for cinema in 1950.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the comic strip was re-published as a comic magazine.
The script was written by Carlos A. Petit
and Rodolfo Sciamarella, and the film was directed by Francisco Mugica.
It was filmed in black-and-white
.
The elusive convict was played by Pepe Iglesias
, known for his title role in El Zorro pierde el pelo
.
Other stars were Norma Giménez, Juan José Porta and Rodolfo Onetto
.
Carlos Fioriti played Afanancio and Rafael Diserio played Batilio.
The film premiered at the Ocean cinema on March 24, 1950.
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...
Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Francisco Múgica
Francisco Múgica
Francisco Múgica was an Argentine film director, film editor and cinematographer....
.
The film is based on the cartoon character of the same name created by Adolfo Mazzone
Adolfo Mazzone
Adolfo Mazzone was a prolific Argentine comics artist and humorist. His characters included the convict Piantadino, who became the subject of a 1950 film, and Mi Sobrino Capicúa , whose adventures were published for almost forty years.-Career:Mazzone was born on 6 June 1914 in the neighborhood of...
.
Comic strip character
Piantadino was a classic comic strip character created by one of Argentina's most notable comics artists and humorists, Adolfo MazzoneAdolfo Mazzone
Adolfo Mazzone was a prolific Argentine comics artist and humorist. His characters included the convict Piantadino, who became the subject of a 1950 film, and Mi Sobrino Capicúa , whose adventures were published for almost forty years.-Career:Mazzone was born on 6 June 1914 in the neighborhood of...
.
Piantadino was Mazzone's best known character.
The name Piantadino is a diminutive of "Piantado", which means mentally disturbed person, half-mad or, a person who escapes, whether that be physically or just from a situation.
First appearing in the newspaper El Mundo in 1941, Piantadino, the daily comic strip, followed the adventures of a convict who behaved in jail as if he were on a pension. With the characters Afanancio and Barili, the three formed a sympathetic trio of scoundrels. The character subsequently appeared in Guillermo Divito
Guillermo Divito
José Antonio Guillermo Divito, also known simply as Divito was an illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and editor who, through his comic illustrations and humor had great influence in the decades from 1940 to 1960. He was the founder and director of the famous magazine Rico Tipo.-External links:*...
's magazine Rico Tipo
Rico Tipo
Rico Tipo was a weekly Argentine comic magazine that appeared from late 1944 until 1972, founded and directed by Guillermo Divito. It was among the main comic magazines in Argentina, others being Patoruzú and Satiricón...
.
Piantadino was adapted for cinema in 1950.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the comic strip was re-published as a comic magazine.
Film production
Piantadino was made into a film by Emelco-Cinematográfica Interamericana.The script was written by Carlos A. Petit
Carlos A. Petit
Carlos A. Petit was one of the most prominent screenwriters in the Cinema of Argentina , writing for over 30 films between 1941 and 1984.He wrote for acclaimed films such as Alma de bohemio , A La Habana me voy and Con la música en el alma...
and Rodolfo Sciamarella, and the film was directed by Francisco Mugica.
It was filmed in black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
.
The elusive convict was played by Pepe Iglesias
Pepe Iglesias
Pepe Iglesias , full name José Ángel Iglesias Sánchez, nicknamed El Zorro , was an Argentine comedian, who, though he developed much of his career in his home country, also spent time in Chile and Spain.-Biography:Son of Spanish immigrants, he developed his career in his native land of Argentina,...
, known for his title role in El Zorro pierde el pelo
El Zorro pierde el pelo
El Zorro pierde el pelo is a 1950 Argentine film....
.
Other stars were Norma Giménez, Juan José Porta and Rodolfo Onetto
Rodolfo Onetto
Rodolfo Onetto was an Argentine actor. He was born in Chile and died in April 1983 in Argentina.He starred in the 1962 film Una Jaula no tiene secretos.-Films:...
.
Carlos Fioriti played Afanancio and Rafael Diserio played Batilio.
The film premiered at the Ocean cinema on March 24, 1950.
Film plot
While working for an insurance company, the title character, Piantadino, a shy man, is selected by sly characters to insure some things that they will later make disappear. Though Piantadino lacks courage, he nonetheless uncovers the fraudulent activity, making a positive impression on his fiancée's father.Cast
- Pepe IglesiasPepe IglesiasPepe Iglesias , full name José Ángel Iglesias Sánchez, nicknamed El Zorro , was an Argentine comedian, who, though he developed much of his career in his home country, also spent time in Chile and Spain.-Biography:Son of Spanish immigrants, he developed his career in his native land of Argentina,...
as Piantadino - Norma Giménez
- Juan José Porta
- Carlos Fioriti
- Rodolfo OnettoRodolfo OnettoRodolfo Onetto was an Argentine actor. He was born in Chile and died in April 1983 in Argentina.He starred in the 1962 film Una Jaula no tiene secretos.-Films:...
- Arturo Arcari
- Gregorio Barrios
- Max CitelliMax CitelliMax Citelli was an Argentine film actor, active during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema between 1936 and 1959.-Filmography:*Mi esqueleto *El festín de Satanás *Fantoche *Cuando los duendes cazan perdices *Mi viudo y yo...
- Rafael Diserio
- Cirilo Etulain
- José MaurerJosé MaurerJose Maurer was a stage and cinema actor starring mainly in the Yiddish theatre in Europe, Argentina and Israel from the early 1920s.- Biography :...
- Enrique Vico Carré