Underplayed Gems

La Revolución de Mayo (1910)

La Revolución de Mayo poster
Original title
La revolución de Mayo
Directed by
Mario Gallo
Genre
silent film, historical film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
5 min
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

This silent film from 1910 reenacts the events of the May Revolution in Argentina. It was made for the centennial of the revolution and is notable as the first Argentine movie with professional actors.

historicalpatrioticsilentformalstagededucationalstately

What happens

La Revolución de Mayo (in Spanish, The May Revolution) is an Argentine silent movie made in 1909 and premiered in 1910. As the name denotes, it is focused on the events of the May Revolution, whose centennial took place by then. It was directed by Mario Gallo, and it was the first Argentine film made with professional actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.