Almafuerte (film)

Almafuerte
Almafuerte
	Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Almafuerte with Pola Alonso
Directed by	Luis César Amadori
Written by	Belisario García Villar
Starring	Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Pola Alonso
Distributed by	Argentina Sono Film
Release date	1949
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Almafuerte is a 1949 Argentine drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by Belisario García Villar. The film is a biography of the Argentine poet Pedro Bonifacio Palacios ("Almafuerte"). The film starred Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Almafuerte and Pola Alonso.

Awards

Almafuerte won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1950 for the best picture of the previous year.^[1] The film was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film.^[3]

Best Picture: Argentina Sono Film
Best original story: Pedro Miguel Obligado and Belisario García Villar
Best Actor: Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Best supporting actress: Eva Caselli
Best child interpretation: Panchito Lombard
Special mentions: Alberto Etchebehere (director of photography), Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrrio (music), Mario Fezia (camera), José María Paleo (sound), Jorge Garate (montage) Alberto Curchi (camera).

Other cast

Eva Caselli
Federico Mansilla
Juan Bono
Pedro Pompillo
Fernando Labat
Adolfo Linvel
Ricardo Viana

References

^ "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Almafuerte". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
^ "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

External links

Almafuerte at IMDb

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[1] "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: Almafuerte". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.

[3] "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

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v t e Films directed by Luis César Amadori
1930s	Puerto nuevo (1936) El pobre Pérez (1937) The Newsie and the Lady (1938) Maestro Levita (1938) Honeysuckle (1938) Palabra de honor (1939) Caminito de Gloria (1939)
1940s	El Haragán de la familia (1940) Educating Niní (1940) Napoleón (1941) The Song of the Suburbs (1941) Girls Orchestra (1941) Soñar no cuesta nada (1941) The Third Kiss (1942) El profesor Cero (1942) Bajó un ángel del cielo (1942) La mentirosa (1942) Claro de luna (1942) Son cartas de amor (1943) Luisito (1943) Carmen (1943) Apasionadamente (1944) Two Angels and a Sinner (1945) Madame Sans-Gêne (1945) Saint Candida (1945) Mosquita muerta (1946) Albéniz (1947) The Headless Woman (1947) God Reward You (1948) Una noche en el Ta-Ba-Rín (1949) Don Juan Tenorio (1949) Juan Globo (1949) Almafuerte (1949)
1950s	Historia de una pasión (1950) Nacha Regules (1950) Pecado (1951) María Montecristo (1951) Me casé con una estrella (1951) Eva Perón inmortal (1952) La de los ojos color del tiempo (1952) La pasión desnuda (1953) El Grito sagrado (1954) Caídos en el infierno (1954) El barro humano (1955) Love Never Dies (1955) Amor prohibido (1958) The Violet Seller (1958) Una muchachita de Valladolid (1958) Una Gran señora (1959) Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? (1959)
1960s	Un trono para Cristy (1960) My Last Tango (1960) Alerta en el cielo (1961) Pecado de amor (1961) La Casta Susana (1963) El señor de La Salle (1964) Como dos gotas de agua (1964) Más bonita que ninguna (1965) Acompáñame (1966) Love in Flight (1967) Un novio para dos hermanas (1967) Good Morning, Little Countess (1967) Cristina Guzmán (1968)