Juan Moreira (1973)

Directed by

Leonardo Favio

Genre

biographical film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical film about the 19th century Argentine outlaw and gaucho folk hero Juan Moreira. It shows his life as a legendary figure who fought against authority.

dramatichistoricaltragicheroicintensegrittybleak

What happens

Juan Moreira is a 1973 Argentine dramatic historical film directed by Leonardo Favio and starring Rodolfo Bebán. It is based on the homonymous novel by Eduardo Gutiérrez, which narrates the life of the famous Argentine outlaw, gaucho and folk hero Juan Moreira. 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 9th 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 11th position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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