Almafuerte_(film)

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Almafuerte (film)

1949 Argentine film

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Almafuerte is a 1949 Argentine drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by Belisario García Villar. The film is a biography of the Argentine poet Pedro Bonifacio Palacios ("Almafuerte"). The film starred Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Almafuerte and Pola Alonso.

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Awards

Almafuerte won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1950 for the best picture of the previous year.[1] The film was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film.[3]

  • Best Picture: Argentina Sono Film
  • Best original story: Pedro Miguel Obligado and Belisario García Villar
  • Best Actor: Narciso Ibáñez Menta
  • Best supporting actress: Eva Caselli
  • Best child interpretation: Panchito Lombard
  • Special mentions: Alberto Etchebehere (director of photography), Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrrio (music), Mario Fezia (camera), José María Paleo (sound), Jorge Garate (montage) Alberto Curchi (camera).

Other cast

  • Eva Caselli
  • Federico Mansilla
  • Juan Bono
  • Pedro Pompillo
  • Fernando Labat
  • Adolfo Linvel
  • Ricardo Viana

References

  1. [1]
    "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Festival de Cannes: Almafuerte". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  3. [3]
    "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Retrieved 2014-05-30.


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