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Section des disparus (1958)

Section des disparus poster
Directed by
Pierre Chenal
Genre
crime film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black and white crime film set in Argentina. It follows a missing persons case that draws in a cynical investigator and a woman seeking her lost loved one. The story unfolds against a shadowy urban backdrop.

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What happens

Sección desaparecidos es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Pierre Chenal sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Domingo Di Núbila según la novela Of Missing Persons, de David Goodis con diálogos adicionales de Agustín Cuzzani, que se estrenó el 24 de abril de 1958 y tuvo como protagonistas a Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet, Inda Ledesma y Guillermo Battaglia. Fue la última película de Chenal en la Argentina. Manejó la cámara el futuro director de fotografía y de cine, Aníbal Di Salvo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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