Los Afincaos

Los Afincaos
Screenshot
Directed by	Leónidas Barletta
Produced by	Leónidas Barletta
Written by	Enzo Aloisi Bernardo González Arrilli
Starring	José Álvarez Catalina Asta
Music by	Jacobo Ficher
Cinematography	Mario Pagés
Editing by	Ulrico Stern
Distributed by	Teatro del Pueblo
Release date(s)	28 October 1941
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Los Afincaos (English language:Sons of the Earth) is a 1941 Argentine melodramatic western film directed by Leónidas Barletta and written by Enzo Aloisi.

Overview

Los Afincaos (Sons of the Earth) was the first film ever produced by the major Argentine film company Teatro del Pueblo. Set in the Northern hills, the story concerns a pair of Indian brothers, leaders of their local tribe. The older of the brothers falls in love with a young school teacher, but rather than go through the courtship proceedings, he kidnaps and rapes the unfortunate girl. When she dies from grief, the younger brother avenges her death by killing his sibling. The acting and staging of Los Afincaos reveals a great deal about the lack of experience at such an early stage in Argentine feature film history.

Cast

Catalina Asta (pictured) is kidnapped and held hostage by a jealous brother

*José Álvarez

• Catalina Asta
• Remo Asta
• Juan Carlos Bettini
• Celia Eresky
• Juan Eresky
• Rosa Eresky
• Mari Galimberti
• Mario Genovesi
• Josefa Goldar
• Fernando Guerra
• Oscar Gutiérrez
• Roberto Leydet
• Emilio Lommi
• Mecha Martínez
• Olga Mosin
• Pascual Nacarati
• José Petriz
• Nélida Piuselli
• Marister Uslenghi
• José Veneziani

Director Leónidas Barletta on set with Catalina Asta and Nélida Piuselli

Release

The film premiered on 28 October 1941 in Buenos Aires.

External links

• Los Afincaos at the Internet Movie Database