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Los Muchachos de antes no usaban gomina (1969)

Los Muchachos de antes no usaban gomina poster
Original title
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina
Directed by
Enrique Carreras
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is set in the early 1900s and follows a group of young friends as they navigate love and social changes in Buenos Aires. It contrasts the more formal manners of the past with the youthful rebellion of a new generation.

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What happens

The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before (Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina) is a 1969 Argentine drama film. It is a remake of the 1937 film The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before, one of the biggest hits of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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