El Hijo del crack (1953)
- Original title
- El hijo del crack
- Directed by
- Leopoldo Torres Ríos, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Genre
- drama film, association football film
- Country
- Argentina
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A fading professional football star struggles with his career while raising his young son. Their relationship is tested by the pressures of fame and the sport.
melodramaticnostalgicsentimentalfamily-drivensports-tingedclassicalearnest
What happens
El Hijo del crack (meaning "Son of the Star") is a 1953 Argentine sports melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, co-directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Armando Bo and Oscar Rovito. The film, a tale of a dwindling professional football star and his son was released on December 15, 1953 in Normandie cinema in Buenos Aires. The cast involved major professional football players of the time as Mario Boyé, Tucho Méndez and Ángel Labruna and journalists such as Fioravanti. It is the last film in which Leopoldo Torres Ríos and Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (father and son) worked together. The 77 minute film was produced by Sociedad Independiente Filmadora Argentina (SIFA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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