Almafuerte (film)

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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 (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 (better known by his sobriquet 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 Barrio (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

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

External links

• Almafuerte at IMDb