Pajarito Gómez is a 1965 Argentine comedy film directed by Rodolfo Kuhn. It was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] The film is a satire of the promotional machine behind the Argentine pop stars of the 1960s.[2]
| Pajarito Gómez | |
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 Héctor Pellegrini and María Cristina Laurenz in a scene from the movie | |
| Directed by | Rodolfo Kuhn |
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| Produced by | José Antonio Jiménez |
| Starring | Héctor Pellegrini |
| Cinematography | Ignacio Souto |
| Edited by | Vicente Castagno |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
In 2000, it was included in the list of The 100 Greatest Films of Argentine Cinema at number 27, after a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken.[3] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 22nd position.[4]
Cast
edit- Héctor Pellegrini as Pajarito Gómez
- María Cristina Laurenz as Pajarito's fiancée
- Nelly Beltrán as Rosalía
- Lautaro Murúa as Gravini
- Alberto Fernández de Rosa as Bobby
- Maurice Jouvet
- Beatriz Matar
- Jorge Rivera López
- Federico Luppi
- Marta Gam
- Alberto Barcel
- Alejandra Da Passano
- Francisco Urondo
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Alabarces, Pablo (1993). Entre gatos y violadores: el rock nacional en la cultura argentina. ISBN 978-950-581-243-1 (in Spanish)
- ^ "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.
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