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Goodbye Boys

1955 · 113 min

A nostalgic, music-soaked coming-of-age drama that lingers on friendship and loss with gentle melancholy.

Directed by
Armando Bó
Starring
Juan Díaz, Pola Alonso, Alfredo Dalton
Overview
Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.

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Directed by
Armando Bó
Starring
Juan Díaz, Pola Alonso, Alfredo Dalton
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • coming-of-age
    • music
    • death
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Directed by
    Armando Bó
    Written by
    Rafael García Ibáñez
    Starring
    Juan Díaz, Pola Alonso, Alfredo Dalton, Marcelo Ruggero, Francisco Pablo Donadío, Virginia Romay, Héctor Armendáriz, Lina Bardo
    Music
    Osvaldo Fresedo, José Rodríguez Faure
    Cinematography
    Antonio Prieto
    Runtime
    113 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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