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Las Aguas Bajan Turbias
Las Aguas bajan turbias is a classic 1952 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril and written by Eduardo Borras. The film was based on a novel by Alfredo Varela. The film starred Hugo del Carril who simultaneously directed the film, Adriana Benetti and Raul del Valle. The film is based around themes of oppression.
Synopsis
The brothers Santos and Rufino Peralta (of Carril and Laxalt) are used like animals in the workplace at the Parana Stop. There they encounter enormous hardship and inhuman conditions of work as a consequence of the immense greed of the managers. A worker's rebellion is maturing, to the point that it is developed into trade union of workers who respond against their grief. Finally, the workers plot a counterattack and punish their corrupt employers.
Release and acclaim
The film premiered on 9 October 1952 in Buenos Aires and on 25 February in the USA. Argentina released the film again in 2005 at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on 11 March 2005.
The film won the Silver Condor award for best picture at the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards in 1953.
The film was produced and distributed by Cinematografica Cinco and DCB (Del Carril-Barbieri) in Argentina and the Times Film Corporation in the USA on its American release on 25 February 1956.
Cast
Hugo del Carril as Santos Peralta
Adriana Benetti as Amelia
Raul del Valle as Aguilera
Pedro Laxalt as Rufino Peralta
Gloria Ferrandiz as Dona Flora
Eloy Alvarez as Ali
Herminia Franco as Flor de Lis
Luis Otero as A Peon
Joaquin Petrocino as Barreiro
Francisco Audenino
Carlos Escobares
Mecha Lopez
Domingo Garibotto as '''Amelia's Father'''
Jacinto Aicardi
Ricardo Carenzo
External links
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