Feature film
Two Destinies
Dos destinos
Juan Etchebehere · 1937
Synopsis
A countryman comes to Montevideo to visit his brother and gradually yields to the pleasures of the city; the two brothers follow opposite paths, one toward debauchery, the other toward the army. The film contrasts the places of vice, brothels, nightclubs, the Maroñas racecourse, with those of rectitude, the parks, the barracks, the theatre. Its opening minutes show a city modernising: streets full of people, trams, cars, buildings under construction.
Context
The film is produced by Ciclolux; the screenplay is by Edmundo Bianchi, the music by Guillermo Zuasti, and the leading role goes to Pepe Corbi, who came from radio. A camera mounted on a car films the streets of Montevideo, where a poster and a lorry in praise of Gabriel Terra pass by; one critic saw in the film an opportunistic eulogy of authority. Released on 27 July 1937, it runs 76 minutes according to some databases, 67 according to another.
Who it is for
A feature film in Spanish, running from an hour to an hour and a quarter depending on the sources, of mainly historical interest.
Prizes and reception
Regarded as Uruguay's first sound feature film, it was a commercial failure on its release.
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