Juan Moreira (1973)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Leonardo Favio

Writers:

Leonardo Favio (writer)
Eduardo Gutiérrez (novel)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History

Plot Keywords:

Historical | Argentina | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rodolfo Bebán	...	Juan Moreira
Pablo Cumo	...	Caudillo Acosta
Osvaldo De la Vega
Augusto Kretschmar
Alba Múgica	...	The Dead
Carlos Muñoz	...	Marañón
Elcira Olivera Garcés	...	La Vicenta
Eduardo Rudy	...	Teniente Alcalde
Edgardo Suárez	...	El Cuerudo
Elena Tritek	...	Laura
Héctor Ugazzio
Jorge Villalba	...	Andrade

Also Known As:

La vida de Juan Moreira, en colores, con sonido y todo. A pedido del cariñoso público. (Argentina) (working title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Centauro Films

an Argentinean legend

This is an adaptation of a 19th century novel, which was in turn based in a real story. It's also the first Leonardo Favio film that I've been able to find. It tells the story of a 'gaucho', the rural population of the Argentinean provinces that in the nineteenth century are beginning to be swept by the expanding 'civilization', and who turns into a criminal, a 'bandido', and then starts to get involved in politics. The film's been beautifully shot, with very carefully thought compositions and a photography tending to the poetic or the picturesque. The story is romanticized and epicized, the acting is quite unsophisticated, but all in all, is an enjoyable film. 7 out of 10.