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Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)

Chronicle of a Boy Alone poster
Original title
Crónica de un niño solo
Directed by
Leonardo Favio
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It follows an abandoned boy in an oppressive reform school. He struggles against cruelty and neglect while longing for freedom and connection.

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What happens

Chronicle of a Boy Alone (Spanish: Crónica de un niño solo), also known as Chronicle of a Lonely Child, is a 1965 Argentine film directed by Leonardo Favio. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film. It was selected as the greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 5 position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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