Madreselva (1938)

Directed by

Luis César Amadori

Genre

musical film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman meet and fall in love, bound by the lyrics of a tango song. Their romance unfolds amid the music and drama of 1930s Argentina.

sentimentalromanticlyricalold-fashionedmusicalnostalgicdramatic

What happens

Honeysuckle (Spanish: Madreselva) is a 1938 Argentine melodrama musical film directed by Luis César Amadori. With Ivo Pelay, Amadori co-wrote the play upon which the film is based. Starring Hugo del Carril, Libertad Lamarque and Malisa Zini, it premièred in Buenos Aires on 5 November 1938 and was a popular success. Its plot is loosely based on the lyrics of a tango song of the same name. It is a tango film, an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema (1930s–1950s). It was screened at the Venice Film Festival. During the production, Del Caril met Ana María Lynch who was working on the film as an extra. They began a decade-long relationship during which time the couple appeared together in several films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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