Man on Pink Corner (Spanish: Hombre de la Esquina Rosada) is a 1962 Argentine film directed by René Múgica, based on the story by Jorge Luis Borges.[1] It was shown at the Cannes and San Sebastián film festivals.[1]
| Man on Pink Corner | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Hombre de la Esquina Rosada |
| Directed by | René Múgica |
Release date |
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| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Borges viewed the film favourably, commenting "he did a good job with the possibilities provided by the plot".[2]
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 17th position.[3] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 48th position.[4]
Cast edit
- Francisco Petrone - Francisco Real, "El Corralero"
- Walter Vidarte - El Oriental
- Susana Campos - La Lujanera
- Jacinto Herrera - Rosendo Juárez, "El Pegador"
- Berta Ortegosa - Julia
- Jorge de la Riestra - Eleodoro, "El Turco"
- María Esther Podestá - Casera de la pensión
- María Esther Buschiazzo - Madre de Nicolás Fuentes
- Mario Savino - Cosme
- Juan Carlos Galván - Juan
- Ricardo Argemí - Don Carmelo
- Alberto Barcel - Comisario
- Isidro Fernán Valdez - Tío de Nicolás Fuentes
- Adolfo Linvel - Nicanor
- Tino Pascali - Intendente
- Andrés Rivero - Padre de Nicolás Fuentes
- Claudio Lucero - Agente Medina
- Manuel Rosón - Ramón Santoro
- Susana Brunetti - Mujer en pulpería
- Zulma Grey - Prostituta
- Aída Villadeamigo - Florista
- Mercedes Escribano - Vieja
- Rafael Chumbita
- Délfor Medina - Comisario 2
- Rafael Diserio - Carrero
- Ovidio Fuentes - Puestero
- Héctor Fuentes - Muchacho en pulpería
- Reina del Carmen
- Mariel Comber - Mujer en pulpería
References edit
- ^ a b Plazaola, Luis Trelles (1989) South American Cinema, University of Puerto Rico Press, ISBN 978-0-8477-2011-8, p. 143
- ^ Burgin, Richard (1998) Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1-57806-075-7, p. 64
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
External links edit
- Man on Pink Corner at IMDb
- Hombre de la esquina rosada on "The Garden of Forking Paths" Borges site.
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