''La Película'' is a
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
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Argentine
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film
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. It won the "Opera Prima" prize at the
San Sebastian International Festival in 1976.
Plot summary
The film features movies within movies. At one level is the filming of a silent western entitled "El Corazon del gaucho" (lit. "the Cowboys's Heart"). The western's plot focuses on the kidnapping of a bride-to-be (
Diana Maggi) and her rescue by the groom played by
Ernesto Bianco Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
. Another level of the film is about the reaction of the residents of San Benito to the arrival of the actors. The third thread of the movie follows a young film-buff named Truffini, a reference to François
Truffaut. Truffini documents the making of the movie and its intersection with local life.
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Cast
* Ernesto Bianco Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
* Alejandra Boero
* Nora Cullen
* Ricardo Espalter
Ricardo Espalter Arrieta (Montevideo, 14 April 1924 - Maldonado, 20 March 2007) was a Uruguayan actor and comedian.
Biography
In the 1960s he started a long career on television. Together with a notable group of Uruguayan humorists (Eduardo D'A ...
* Cacho Espíndola
Cacho Espíndola (1940 – August 21, 2004) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the 1962 film ''Una Jaula no tiene secretos
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* Diana Maggi
* Héctor Pellegrini
Héctor Pellegrini (6 August 1931 – 1 November 1999) was an Argentina, Argentine film actor.
Pellegrini rose to fame in the 1961 acclaimed film ''Alias Gardelito'' and made over 50 appearances mostly in film between 1961 and 1988.
Partial fil ...
* Horacio Roca
* Marilina Ross
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* Hugo Soto
* Osvaldo Terranova
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* María Valenzuela
María del Carmen Valenzuela (born June 16, 1956) is an Argentine actress. She has worked in several Argentine TV programs, mainly soap operas.
Biography
Valenzuela played in many soap operas such as ''La cuñada'', ''Vos y yo toda la vida'' ...
References
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1975 films
Argentine comedy-drama films
1970s Spanish-language films
1970s Argentine films
1975 comedy-drama films
Spanish-language comedy-drama films
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