The House of the Angel focuses on the ruling class in 1920s Argentina, a deeply repressive society where political arguments were often settled by duels, and young women were expected to be totally ignorant of sex.Read More »
Elsa Daniel
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – La casa del ángel (1957)
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – Graciela (1956)
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Graciela is a 1956 Argentine film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, which earned its Chilean star, Lautaro Murúa, the 1957 Silver Condor Award for Best Actor. It was Murúa’ debut film in Argentina and his first principal role, which he played opposite, Elsa Daniel.Read More » -
Leonardo Favio – El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1967)
1961-1970ArgentinaDramaLeonardo FavioAniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her true love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.Read More »
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – La caída (1959)
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A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as “that lunatic asylum.”Read More » -
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – La casa del ángel (1957)
1951-1960ArgentinaDramaLeopoldo Torre NilssonLetterboxd wrote:
A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father’s best friend starts to lust after her.Read More »