Underplayed Gems

Vidalita (1949)

Vidalita poster
Directed by
Luis Saslavsky
Genre
comedy film, musical film, family film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A girl disguises herself as a gaucho to manage her grandfather's estate. A captain falls in love with her, not knowing her true identity.

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What happens

Vidalita is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed and co-written by Luis Saslavsky and produced by Emelco during the classical era of Argentina cinema. It stars Mirtha Legrand as the title character, a girl who cross-dresses as a gaucho to be able to take charge of her grandfather's estate. This was considered transgressive for the time. Fernando Lamas stars as the captain of the fort, who falls in love with Legrand's character "to the point that he is willing to marry her without knowing if she is a man or a woman". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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