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El Fausto criollo (1979)

El Fausto criollo poster
Directed by
Luis Saslavsky
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man makes a pact with the devil in 19th century Argentina. The story follows his encounters and the consequences of his deal.

whimsicalmoralatmosphericdarkly comicpacedmelancholicplayful

What happens

El Fausto criollo ("The Creole Faust") is a 1979 Argentine fantasy drama film directed by Luis Saslavsky and Miguel Angel Lumaldo. It was written by Saslavsky with the collaboration of Estela Canto, Luisa Mercedes Levinson and Enrique Anderson Imbert, and based on the novel El Fausto Criollo, by Estanislao del Campo. It stars Claudio García Satur, María Valenzuela, Pedro Quartucci, Luisa Vehil and Gerardo Romano. Oscar Aráiz was in charge of the film's choreography. It was filmed in Eastmancolor and released on October 25, 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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