Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

That Forward Center Died at Dawn (1961)

That Forward Center Died at Dawn poster
Original title
El centroforward murió al amanecer
Directed by
René Mugica
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soccer player faces a moral and existential crisis. The film follows his personal reckoning after a tragic event.

theatricalmelancholicslow-burncontemplativestagedearnestdated

What happens

That Forward Center Died at Dawn (Spanish: El centroforward murió al amanecer) is a 1961 Argentine drama film, adapted by Agustín Cuzzani from his play of the same name. It was directed by René Mugica and was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?