Don Segundo Sombra (film)
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]
| Don Segundo Sombra | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Manuel Antín |
| Produced by | Manuel Antín |
| Written by | Manuel Antín Ricardo Güiraldes Augusto Roa Bastos |
| Starring | Héctor Alterio |
| Cinematography | Miguel Rodríguez |
| Edited by | Antonio Ripoll |
Release date | 14 August 1969 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
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
- Héctor Alterio - Gaucho in Black
- Alejandra Boero - Quack Woman
- Juan Carvalledo - Fabio as Young Man
- Lito Cruz
- Luis Manuel de la Cuesta
- Juan Carlos Galván
- Juan Carlos Gené - Don Sixto
- Adolfo Guiraldes - Don Segundo Sombra
- Jorge Hacker
- Luis Medina Castro
- Soledad Silveyra - Aurora
- Fernando Vegal
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References
- "Festival de Cannes: Don Segundo Sombra". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film218082.html
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