Don Segundo Sombra (film)

Don Segundo Sombra
Film poster
Directed byManuel Antín
Written byManuel Antín
Ricardo Güiraldes
Augusto Roa Bastos
Produced byManuel Antín
StarringHéctor Alterio
CinematographyMiguel Rodríguez
Edited byAntonio Ripoll
Release date
  • 14 August 1969 (1969-08-14)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Don Segundo Sombra is a 1969 Argentine drama film directed by Manuel Antín, based on the novel of the same name. Winner of the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, it was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Don Segundo Sombra". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  2. ^ "Don Segundo Sombra (1969)".


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