Cinema
La Revolución de Mayo
Mario Gallo · 1909
Synopsis
The film reconstructs in fifteen tableaux the week of May 1810 in Buenos Aires, according to the Argentine government: the meetings of the revolutionaries, the distribution of cockades to the inhabitants, up to the formation of the First Junta. Lila Caimari notes in it the meeting at Rodríguez Peña's house, the cockades distributed by French and Beruti, and the proclamation at the Cabildo. Each tableau consists of a single wide, fixed shot, in front of painted canvases that assistants change in full view.
Context
Presented on 23 May 1909 at the Teatro Ateneo, with Eliseo Gutiérrez, César Fiaschi and Gallo himself, the film is inspired by the French film d'art, according to the official page of Film Day. The surviving copy runs for less than five minutes; digitised and restored in 2006, then in 2016, it can be viewed on the Canal Encuentro portal, according to Lila Caimari. Lucio Mafud, in 2025, places screenings as early as October 1908 at the Cinematógrafo Caballito and attributes the production to Juan Mujica, not to Gallo.
Who it is for
A very short silent film, of which ten of the fifteen tableaux survive, restored and viewable online.
Prizes and reception
Its screening on 23 May 1909 fixed the date of Argentine national cinema day, according to Lila Caimari.
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