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Paño Verde
''Paño verde'' (''Green Cloth'') is a List of Argentine films of 1973, 1973 Argentina gangster film drama directed by Mario David (director), Mario David. The film, based on a 1955 novel of the same name by Roger Plá, is set in Buenos Aires in the 1940s, covering the formation, rise and fall of a criminal gang. It stars Carlos Estrada (actor), Carlos Estrada as the protagonist mafia boss, Miguel Acuña, Luis Brandoni, Julia von Grolman and Héctor Alterio. Víctor Proncet composed the soundtracks. Plot In 1940s Buenos Aires, the laconic, immaculately dressed Miguel Acuña, or "El Púa" (Carlos Estrada) leads a double life. He owns a bar and appears apathetic to the customers, but is secretly a violent criminal. He murders the local mafia boss after threatening him with a knife and shoots him dead when he reacts with a gun. He throws the knife in the river. Miguel becomes the leader. The gang pulls off a series of robberies. At one robbery by the docks, they shoot several people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario David (director)
Mario David (1 May 1930 in Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires Province - 13 April 2001 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote 12 films between 1971 and 1996. His debut drama ''El Ayudante'', about a truck driver (Pepe Soriano) who befriends a young, deaf male assistant, was based on the book ''El sordomudo'' by the author Bernardo Kordon. Upon release 25 March 1971 in Buenos Aires, it was both a box office success and critically acclaimed, with the critic from the newspaper ''La Razón (Buenos Aires), La Razón'' writing: "Kordon's story gains expressive vigor in the images and verisimilitude in its characters and forms a captivating poetic climate and a lucid realistic testimony". Due to the success of the film, David was soon joining the Argentine cinematic trend of the period in making commercial sex comedies, releasing his second film, ''Disputas en la cama'' (1972), the following year, starring actors such as Víctor Laplace a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |