The White Land (Spanish: Las tierras blancas) is a 1959 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril and starring del Carril, Ricardo Trigo and Amanda Silva.[1] It is based on a novel by Juan José Manauta. It is set in a poor village in Santiago del Estero Province in Northern Argentina, where the semi-desert climate gives much of the landscape a whitish appearance alluded to in the title.
| The White Land | |
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| Directed by | Hugo del Carril |
| Written by | Juan José Manauta (novel) Eduardo Borrás |
| Produced by | Miguel Ángel Puccio Hugo del Carril |
| Starring | Hugo del Carril Ricardo Trigo Amanda Silva Nora Palmer |
| Cinematography | Américo Hoss |
| Edited by | Gerardo Rinaldi Antonio Ripoll |
| Music by | Tito Ribero |
Production company | Cinematigráfica L.E.O. |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Cast
edit- Hugo del Carril as Natalio
- Ricardo Trigo as A Countryman
- Amanda Silva as The Mother
- Nora Palmer as Angelina
- Carlos Olivieri as Odiseo
- Raúl del Valle as The Bully
- Juan José Manauta as The Teacher
- Totón Podestá
- Antonio Capuano
- Mónica Cristina Ramos
- Juan Armendáriz
- David Socco
References
edit- ^ Cabrera p.139
Bibliography
edit- Borrás, Eduardo. Las aguas bajan turbias. Editorial Biblos, 2006.
- Cabrera, Gustavo. Hugo del Carril: un hombre de nuestro cine. Ediciones Culturales Argentinas, 1989.
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