''Rhythm, Love and Mischief'' (''Ritmo, amor y picardía'') is a
1955 Argentine
tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...
comedy film of the
classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by
Enrique Carreras
Enrique Carreras (6 January 1925 – 29 August 1995) was a Peruvian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was one of the most prolific film directors in the history of the cinema of Argentina and a prominent ...
and written by
Manuel Barberá. It stars
Alberto Castillo,
Amelita Vargas,
Alfredo Barbieri and
Francisco Álvarez and was released on 2 March 1958.
Plot
A cantankerous father changes his character when a young man who marries one of his daughters revolutionises the household.
Cast
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Alberto Castillo as Raúl Sierra
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Amelita Vargas as Margarita
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Alfredo Barbieri as Javier
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Francisco Álvarez as Don Fermín Romero
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María Luisa Santés as Doña Mercedes
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Adrianita as Martha
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Pola Neuman as Ramona
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Lilian Valmar
Celia María Damestoi (27 September 1928 – 4 August 2013), better known as Lilian Valmar, was an Argentine actress and Vedette (cabaret), vedette.
Biography
Lilian Valmar was born in Argentina, coming of age during the country's golden period o ...
as Elvira
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Sandra Verani as Paca
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Héctor Armendáriz as Bernardo
Reception
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La Nación
''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal ''Clarín (Argentine newspaper), Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argen ...
considered the film (translated from Spanish) "very funny, of spontaneous grace in dialogue and action.". Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book ''Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995)'' wrote: "Comedy quite agile with good work by Alberto Castillo."
References
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1955 films
1950s Argentine films
1950s Spanish-language films
Argentine black-and-white films
Films directed by Enrique Carreras
Tango films
1955 musical comedy films
Argentine musical comedy films
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