Hombre de la esquina rosada (1962)

Original title

El hombre de la esquina rosada

Directed by

René Mugica

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Set in early 20th century Buenos Aires, a local tough guy gets drawn into a confrontation with a feared outsider. The story deals with honor, loyalty, and the violent codes of the neighborhood.

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What happens

Man on Pink Corner (Spanish: Hombre de la Esquina Rosada) is a 1962 Argentine film directed by René Múgica, based on the story by Jorge Luis Borges. It was shown at the Cannes and San Sebastián film festivals. Borges viewed the film favourably, commenting "he did a good job with the possibilities provided by the plot". In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 17th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 48th position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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