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Puente Alsina

1935 · 64 min

A vintage tango-flavoured melodrama of class-crossed romance and labour intrigue, slow and earnest.

Overview
Rich man's daughter throws over her nerdy boyfriend when she gets a taste of the real thing from one of her daddy's construction workers. Meanwhile, there's a crooked labor contractor posing as an agitator and trying to provoke a strike.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • love
    • betrayal
    • corruption
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • musical
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    José A. Ferreyra
    Written by
    Marcos Bronenberg
    Starring
    José Gola, Delia Durruty, Miguel Gómez Bao, Pierina Dealessi, José Mazilli, Rafael Salvatore, Alberto Bello, Lita Ramos
    Music
    César Gola, José Gola
    Runtime
    64 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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