El Ayudante (1971)

Original title

El ayudante

Directed by

Mario David

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A truck driver meets a young deaf man and starts to befriend him. The film follows their developing relationship.

serenecompassionategentletenderslow-pacedearnestquietoptimistic

What happens

El Ayudante (English: The Helper) is a 1971 Argentine drama film directed and written by Mario David on his directorial debut, and starring Pepe Soriano, José Slavin and Enrique Fava. The screenplay, about a truck driver who befriends a young deaf man, was written by David, based on the book El sordomudo by the author Bernardo Kordon. The film premiered on 25 March 1971 in Buenos Aires, and was both a box office success and critically acclaimed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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