Marcelo Piñeyro, Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter
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Enrique Piñeyro Queralt, Spanish aristocrat and president of FC Barcelona between 1940 and 1943
At this time he also started to film for Marcelo Piñeyro, for Caballos Salvajes; Mayo went on to be the cinematographer with whom Piñeyro worked in all films that he directed alone (i.e. except Historias de Argentina en vivo), including the critically well-received Plata quemada (2000) and Kamchatka (2002).
The movie does not include any of the songs written by the real Tanguito, such as La Balsa, as Piñeyro could not acquire the rights for doing so.
The drama is based on the experiences of Enrique Piñeyro, former airline pilot turned whistle-blower, who became a film actor-director, and of the August 31, 1999 LAPA (Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas) airline accident.