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Barranca abajo (1937)

Barranca abajo poster
Directed by
José V. Grubert
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Argentine family struggles with poverty and social decline on a rural estate. The father, a proud old man, faces dispossession and betrayal by those he trusted.

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What happens

Barranca abajo es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por José V. Grubert según su propio guion basado en la obra teatral homónima de Florencio Sánchez que se estrenó el 26 de abril de 1937. Tuvo como protagonistas a Carlos Perelli, Herminia Mancini, María Esther Podestá y Roberto Cano. El director de fotografía Alberto Etchebehere se desempeñó también como director técnico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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