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6 unusual facts about cinema of Argentina


Abel Santa Cruz

Abel Santa Cruz (1915 - February 4, 1995 in Buenos Aires) was a major Argentine screenwriter who is credited for writing nearly 130 films spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema.

Enrique Cahen Salaberry

Enrique Cahen Salaberry (born 12 October 1911 - 29 June 1991 in Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades.

Esteban Courtalon

From Santa Fe in Argentina, Courtalon was worked on some 20 films in the Cinema of Argentina since 1965 such as El Acomodador (1975), Eversmile, New Jersey (1989) and Alambrado in 1991.

Lucas Demare

Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 - September 6, 1981) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Pablo José Meza

Pablo José Meza is an Argentine film producer, director, and screenplay writer.

Roque Funes

Roque Funes (1 December 1897 - 15 June 1981 in Buenos Aires) was the most prolific Argentine cinematographer in the history of the Cinema of Argentina whose career spanned over 40 years of cinema.


Alberto Closas

Alberto Closas (30 October 1921 in Barcelona – 19 September 1994 in Madrid) was a prolific Spanish Catalan film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955

Pocho Lapouble

He joined pop singer Palito Ortega in 1972 as lead arranger, and began his work in the cinema of Argentina in 1976 for Ortega as music director in the comedy production, Dos locos en el aire.

Un Pecado Por Mes

Un Pecado Por Mes (English: One sin per month) is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed by Mario C. Lugones and written by Julio Porter.


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