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Fierro (film)

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Martín Fierro, La Película
EnglishMartín Fierro, The Movie
Directed byLiliana Romero
Norman Ruiz
Victoria Aizenstat
Liliana Romero
Norman Ruiz
Written byEnrique Cortés
Roberto Fontanarrosa
Horacio Grinberg
José Hernández
Martin Méndez
Produced byClaudio Corbelli
Horacio Grinberg
Pablo RovitoFernando Sokolowicz
Edited byFabio Pallero
Norman Ruiz
Music byMauro Lazzaro
Mauro Lázaro
Release date
  • 8 November 2007 (2007-11-08) (Argentina)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Fierro, also known as Martín Fierro: La Película (Martín Fierro: The Movie), is a 2007 Argentine animated film directed by Liliana Romero and Norman Ruiz. It was written by Horacio Grinberg and Roberto Fontanarrosa and based on the classic poem Martín Fierro, which was written by José Hernández between 1872 and 1879. All the characters designs were created by Fontanarrosa. It was released on November 8, 2007.

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The movie is a recreation of the first part of Argentina's classic national book, the gaucho poem Martín Fierro, written by José Hernández in 1872. It tells the story of a gaucho named Martín Fierro, who is forcefully taken by the government to join the militias and fight against the indigenous people on the frontier. After a long time, Fierro returns to his homeland, but he has lost his family and his ranch. Grief and anger drive him to become a gaucho matrero, meaning a gaucho outside the law, and after committing some crimes, he is pursued by the police. However, Fierro doesn't give up and fights back at every opportunity.

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