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By the Light of a Star (1941)

By the Light of a Star poster
Original title
En la luz de una estrella
Directed by
Enrique Santos Discépolo
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tango singer navigates love and heartbreak in 1940s Argentina. The story follows his rise and struggles in the world of music and romance.

melancholicromanticmusicalnostalgicslow-pacedemotionalsentimentaldramatic

What happens

By the Light of a Star (Spanish:En la luz de una estrella) is a 1941 Argentine musical drama film directed by Enrique Santos Discépolo and starring Hugo del Carril, Ana María Lynch and María Esther Gamas. It is a tango film, an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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