Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1965)

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

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

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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