Pelota de trapo

19491949
2h

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This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.

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7.6/10

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Director
- Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Writers
- Ricardo Lorenzo(screenplay)
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Leopoldo Torres Ríos
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7/10

An Argentine Hit of the late 40s

An Argentine movie critic (José Miguel Couselo) called Leopoldo Torres Ríos' movies "The cinema of sentiment" and he was right. "Pelota De Trapo" was his most successful hit in the genre. A movie combining scenes of childhood, a love story and the number one Argentine sport (soccer) could not fail and it didn't. Torres Rios directed this movie with his habitual expertise with a roster of experimented actors and actresses: the story of Eduardo Díaz (Armando Bo), a child raised in poverty who becomes a refulgent soccer star... and what happened next. Uncommon for that time, the production budget was generous and the movie shows so. Not the best Torres Ríos' film but for sure, at least in Argentina, the viewers' favorite, the most popular one.

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