Mateo (1937)

Directed by

Mario Soffici

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family is caught up in the criminal underworld of Buenos Aires. The story follows the struggles and moral conflicts of a father and his son as they deal with crime and poverty.

tragicgrittyemotionalatmosphericslow-burnmelancholicintensevisceral

What happens

Mateo is a 1937 Argentine crime drama film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema directed by Daniel Tinayre, which he adapted from the play by Armando Discépolo. Starring Luis Arata, Enrique Santos Discépolo, José Gola and Alita Román, it was the first successful film of Tinayre's. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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