Los afincaos

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Los Afincaos
Directed byLeónidas Barletta
Written byEnzo Aloisi
Bernardo González Arrilli
Produced byLeónidas Barletta
StarringJosé Álvarez
Catalina Asta
CinematographyMario Pagés
Edited byUlrico Stern
Music byJacobo Ficher
Distributed byTeatro del Pueblo
Release date
  • 28 October 1941 (1941-10-28)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Los Afincaos (English language:Sons of the Earth) is a 1941 Argentine melodramatic western film directed by Leónidas Barletta[1] and written by Enzo Aloisi.

Overview

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Los Afincaos (Sons of the Earth) was the first film ever produced by the major Argentine film company Teatro del Pueblo. Set in the Northern hills, the story concerns a pair of Indian brothers, leaders of their local tribe. The older of the brothers falls in love with a young school teacher, but rather than go through the courtship proceedings, he kidnaps and rapes the unfortunate girl. When she dies from grief, the younger brother avenges her death by killing his sibling.[2] The acting and staging of Los Afincaos reveals a great deal about the lack of experience at such an early stage in Argentine feature film history.

Cast

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Catalina Asta (pictured) is kidnapped and held hostage by a jealous brother

Release

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The film premiered on 28 October 1941 in Buenos Aires.

References

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  1. ^ Visitante (2017-01-09). "El teatro independiente en los primeros años de Postdictadura". Centro Cultural de la Cooperación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. ^ Losada, Matt (2018-08-01). The Projected Nation: Argentine Cinema and the Social Margins. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438470658.
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