Shunko

Shunko
Directed byLautaro Murúa
Written byAugusto Roa Bastos
Based onThe novel Shunko, by Jorge Washington Ábalos
Produced byLeo Kanaf
Daniel Cherniavsky
StarringLautaro Murúa
Raúl del Valle
Fanny Olivera
CinematographyVicente Cosentino
Edited byJosé Serra
Music byWaldo de los Ríos
Release date
  • November 17, 1960 (1960-11-17) (Argentina)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguagesSpanish
Quechua

Shunko is a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by and starring Lautaro Murúa. It was written by Augusto Roa Bastos and based on Jorge W. Abalos' novel of the same name. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 16th position.[1]

Synopsis

A teacher (Murúa) educated in the big city is assigned to a rural school in the province of Santiago del Estero, where his students are Quechua speakers. Initially, the ethnocentric prejudices of the teacher and his ignorance of the Quechua culture and the children lead him to enter into conflict with his students and to distance himself from them. Little by little it is the teacher who begins to learn from his students, establishing a relationship of respect and mutual learning.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  2. ^ "Shunko (1960)".


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