Cinema
The Truce
La tregua
Sergio Renán · 1974
Synopsis
Martín Santomé, a widower and father of three children, keeps a diary of his monotonous office life, according to the Mar del Plata festival programme, and is approaching retirement, adds a daily newspaper from the same city. A young employee, Laura Avellaneda, arrives at the office and enters his life; despite the difference in age, the two choose to love each other. Héctor Alterio plays Santomé, Ana María Picchio plays Avellaneda.
Context
Released on 1 August 1974, this first feature film was written by the director and Aída Bortnik, from Mario Benedetti's novel, set in Montevideo. Ana María Picchio recounted that the actors received a minimum fee and that filming took place in empty offices of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It was the first Argentine film nominated for the Oscar for foreign-language film, according to La Capital. Restored, it was shown again in 2015 at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival.
Who it is for
An intimate drama in Spanish of one hour forty-eight minutes, about a lonely man surprised by love late in life.
Prizes and reception
A Hollywood nomination lost to a Fellini film; among the ten most-watched films in the country, according to La Capital.
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