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El extraño del pelo largo

1970 · 87 min

A breezy, tuneful slice of late-sixties youth culture, buoyed by catchy songs and gentle comedy even as tougher times loom at the edges.

Overview
Argentinian movie about the 1968's beat band "La Joven Guardia" and their effort to get success in hard sociopolitical times.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • class
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
music, comedy
Directed by
Julio Porter
Written by
Julio Porter
Starring
Eduardo Bergara Leumann, Miguel Bermúdez, Mirta Busnelli, Liliana Caldini, Ricardo Castro Ríos, Mónica Cramer, Leonor Fernández, Nacha Guevara
Music
Horacio Malvicino
Cinematography
Ricardo Younis
Runtime
87 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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