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Malambo (1942)

Malambo poster
Directed by
Alberto de Zavalía
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1942 Argentine drama follows a love story set against a rural backdrop. It centers on a couple whose relationship is tested by personal and social conflicts.

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What happens

Malambo is a 1942 Argentine drama film directed by Alberto de Zavalía, written by Hugo Mac Dougall and starring Delia Garcés and Oscar Valicelli. A celebrated film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, it received the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, and was selected as the ninth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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