Cinema
Nobleza gaucha
Humberto Cairo, Eduardo Martinez de la Pera and Ernesto Gunche · 1915
Synopsis
Don José Gran, a wealthy Buenos Aires businessman, comes to the pampa to buy horses and hires Juan, a gaucho horse-breaker. The same day, Juan saves the shepherdess María from a runaway horse. Gran abducts the young woman and takes her to his palace in Buenos Aires, writes LaCinetek, and Juan, in love with her, goes to look for her in the city with old Don Genaro.
Context
Shot on real locations with a few tracking shots, notes Horacio Bernades, the film cost about 20,000 dollars and earned a million, which made it the most profitable of its time. Its screenplay is freely inspired by two national poems, The Gaucho Martín Fierro and Santos Vega. The copy shown today comes from a 35 mm positive found at the Incaa, completed with 16 mm fragments.
Who it is for
A silent film of one hour, preserved and restored, which the French platform LaCinetek offers online.
Prizes and reception
A great popular success on its release, according to Página/12, to the point that a tango and a brand of maté took its name.
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