Kilómetro 111 is a 1938 Argentine musical film drama directed by Mario Soffici. The film premiered in Buenos Aires.
| Kilómetro 111 | |
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| Directed by | Mario Soffici |
| Written by | Enrique Amorim, Carlos A. Olivari, Sixto Pondal Ríos, Mario Soffici |
| Starring | Pepe Arias, Delia Garcés |
| Cinematography | Antonio Merayo |
| Edited by | Nicolás Proserpio |
| Music by | Rodolfo Sciammarella |
| Distributed by | Argentina Sono Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The film is one of several films directed by Soffici which address the social evils of historical Argentina. The film is based on Carlos Olivari's play La tercera invasion inglesa (1936), which is a fictional semi-documentary of the British railroad monopoly.[1] The film is set in a town in central Argentina and documents the tragedy of the poverty-stricken rural farmers who are forced to sell their harvest to the railroad developers. In an attempt to avoid being exploited, the farmers send their wheat to Buenos Aires, where they unsuccessfully fail to obtain a bank loan. In the end it is down to the generosity of the station master that they are able to use the new line to transport their goods, although his generosity means that he is fired from his job.[1]
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 33rd position.[2] [3]
Cast
edit- Pepe Arias
- Delia Garcés
- José Olarra
- Ángel Magaña
- Miguel Gómez Bao
- Juan Bono
- Inés Edmonson
- Adolfo Meyer
- Choly Mur
- Héctor Méndez
- Julio Renato
- Alberto Terrones
- Robert Colléy as Wisecracking Terrorist #2
- Cirilo Etulain
- Arturo Podestá
References
edit- ^ a b Falcoff, Mark (1975). Prologue to Perón: Argentina in depression and war, 1930-1943. University of California Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-520-02874-6. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
- ^ Elex, Herry. "111 Angel".
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