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1969 film

Don Segundo Sombra
Film poster
Directed by	Manuel Antín
Written by	Manuel Antín Ricardo Güiraldes Augusto Roa Bastos
Produced by	Manuel Antín
Starring	Héctor Alterio
Cinematography	Miguel Rodríguez
Edited by	Antonio Ripoll
Release date	14 August 1969 (1969-08-14)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Don Segundo Sombra is a 1969 Argentine drama film directed by Manuel Antín, based on the novel of the same name. Winner of the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, it was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.

Cast

References

"Festival de Cannes: Don Segundo Sombra". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
"Don Segundo Sombra (1969)".

External links

Don Segundo Sombra at IMDb

v t e Silver Condor Award for Best Film
The Gaucho War (1943) Juvenilia (1944) His Best Student (1945) The Phantom Lady (1946) Celos (1947) Albéniz (1948) God Reward You (1949) Almafuerte (1950) School of Champions (1951) Los Isleros (1952) Dark River (1953) Caballito criollo (1954) Barrio Gris (1955) La Quintrala (1958) Los tallos amargos (1957) El jefe (1959) La caída (1960) Shunko (1961) Alias Gardelito (1962) The Old Young People (1963) Paula cautiva (1964) The Escaped (1965) Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1966) Arm in Arm Down the Street (1967) El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1968) Martín Fierro (1969) Don Segundo Sombra (1970) Juan Lamaglia y señora (1971) Nosotros los monos / La Valija (1972) La maffia (1973) Juan Moreira / Las Venganzas de Beto Sánchez (1974) So Feared a Hell (1981) Time for Revenge (1982) Plata dulce (1983) Darse cuenta (1985) The Official Story (1986) Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1987) Man Facing Southeast (1988) Verónico Cruz (1989) La ciudad oculta (1990) Últimas imágenes del naufragio (1991) Después de la tormenta (1992) A Place in the World (1993) Gatica, el mono (1994) Cortázar (1995) Casas de fuego (1996) Autumn Sun (1997) Buenos Aires viceversa (1998) Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1999) Same Love, Same Rain (2000) Nine Queens (2001) Son of the Bride (2002) Intimate Stories (2003) Valentín (2004) Roma (2005) The Aura (2006) Chronicle of an Escape (2007) XXY (2008) Aniceto (2009) The Secret in Their Eyes (2010) Carancho (2011) Las acacias (2012) Clandestine Childhood (2013) The German Doctor (2014) Refugiado (2015) El patrón: radiografía de un crimen (2016) Incident Light (2017) Zama (2018) El Angel (2019) The Sleepwalkers (2020)

Silver Condor Award for Best Film

The Gaucho War (1943)
Juvenilia (1944)
His Best Student (1945)
The Phantom Lady (1946)
Celos (1947)
Albéniz (1948)
God Reward You (1949)
Almafuerte (1950)
School of Champions (1951)
Los Isleros (1952)
Dark River (1953)
Caballito criollo (1954)
Barrio Gris (1955)
La Quintrala (1958)
Los tallos amargos (1957)
El jefe (1959)
La caída (1960)
Shunko (1961)
Alias Gardelito (1962)
The Old Young People (1963)
Paula cautiva (1964)
The Escaped (1965)
Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1966)
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1967)
El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1968)
Martín Fierro (1969)
Don Segundo Sombra (1970)
Juan Lamaglia y señora (1971)
Nosotros los monos / La Valija (1972)
La maffia (1973)
Juan Moreira / Las Venganzas de Beto Sánchez (1974)
So Feared a Hell (1981)
Time for Revenge (1982)
Plata dulce (1983)
Darse cuenta (1985)
The Official Story (1986)
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1987)
Man Facing Southeast (1988)
Verónico Cruz (1989)
La ciudad oculta (1990)
Últimas imágenes del naufragio (1991)
Después de la tormenta (1992)
A Place in the World (1993)
Gatica, el mono (1994)
Cortázar (1995)
Casas de fuego (1996)
Autumn Sun (1997)
Buenos Aires viceversa (1998)
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1999)
Same Love, Same Rain (2000)
Nine Queens (2001)
Son of the Bride (2002)
Intimate Stories (2003)
Valentín (2004)
Roma (2005)
The Aura (2006)
Chronicle of an Escape (2007)
XXY (2008)
Aniceto (2009)
The Secret in Their Eyes (2010)
Carancho (2011)
Las acacias (2012)
Clandestine Childhood (2013)
The German Doctor (2014)
Refugiado (2015)
El patrón: radiografía de un crimen (2016)
Incident Light (2017)
Zama (2018)
El Angel (2019)
The Sleepwalkers (2020)

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