''Diez segundos'' (''Ten Seconds'') is a 1949

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film directed by Alejandro Wehner, produced by Emelco studios. The film is a boxing drama starring Ricardo Duggan,

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, Patricia Castell,

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(voice),

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and

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. It premiered on November 23, 1949 in Buenos Aires. The film was distributed by Interamericana. Castell and Rosa Gallo would later star alongside each other in several films and television series over several decades including '' Perla Negra and '' Zíngara'' (1996).

Plot

The film is loosely based on Horacio Estol's 1946 ''Vida y combates de Luis Angel Firpo'', a biography of the Argentine boxer

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who came close to beating

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in 1923. In the film, a humble lad starts to learn to box to defend himself, then goes on to become a professional boxer. He is trained heavily by Oscar Villa. Duggan's love interest in the film is played by Patrica Castell.

Cast

* Patricia Castell *

* Ricardo Duggan *

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Reception

The book which the film was based on, Estol's ''Vida y combates de Luis Angel Firpo'' (1946) was received quite poorly and Wehner was inexperienced as a director, resulting in a disappointing film. A critic of the newspaper ''Noticias Gráficas'' said (in English): "They have used a narrative method that disappoints the viewer" and compared it to the delirium a boxer experiences when being knocked out. ''Diario Critica'' newspaper said (in English) "Some secrets of the technique get some interesting effects, but it reveals absolute nullity in the management of the interpreter."Manrupe, Raúl y Portela, María Alejandra: ''Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995)'' pág. 178 Buenos Aires 2001 Editorial Corregidor The authors of a 2009 analysis of the role of sports in

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’s government see the film as an example of the government’s pursuit of national advancement and social mobility through sporting achievement. Its

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entry describes it as a classic Argentinian

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and as a faithful, almost anthropological, representation of life in a Buenos Aires neighborhood of the time.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diez Segundos 1949 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine boxing films