Los golpes bajos

Los golpes bajos (The Low Blows) is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Mario Sábato.[1] It is a film about boxing, inspired by José María Gatica.[2] Shot in Eastmancolor, Sabato wrote the script in collaboration with Mario Mactas. The film stars Aldo Barbero, Héctor Alterio, Walter Vidarte and Ana María Picchio.[3]

Los golpes bajos
Directed byMario Sábato
Written byMario Sábato, Mario Mactas
Music byEduardo Falú
CinematographyJulio Duplaquet
Edited byAntonio Ripoll
Release date
4 February 1974
Running time
95 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The film premiered on 4 February 1974 in Buenos Aires. It is also known under the title De cara al asfalto.[4]

Plot

Set in the early Peron era, this rise and fall of a boxer is visibly inspired by the biography of José María Gatica and his experiences.

Cast

Reception

Rómulo Berruti in Clarín stated that it was a film intended to be a review of the Peronist regime, using the drama of a boxer as a "pivot". El Mundo opined that it is a " film that loses by points… It feeds but it doesn't hit. It avoids but does not delve… more nostalgic than critical… immature, but with good intentions". Manrupe and Portela wrote: "Good reconstruction at times and some drama achieved".[4] Luis Trelles Plazaola in his book South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers describes Los golpes bajos as a "film of greater weight and thematic ambition".[5]

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References
  1. "Los golpes bajos" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. Maranghello, César (2005). Breve historia del cine argentino (in Spanish). Celesa. p. 196. ISBN 978-84-7584-532-6.
  3. "Los golpes bajos". Cinenacional.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Corregidor. p. 251. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Plazaola, Luis Trelles (1989). "South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers". La Editorial, UPR. p. 177.


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