Aphrodite

A quiet, earnest silent-era drama that plays like a moral fable, feeling stately and a little solemn, with romance at its center.

Directed by

Luis Moglia Barth

Genres

Drama, History

Overview

According to historian Fernando Martín Peña, this film was produced by Julio Tello's Argentine Cinematographic Union distributor and premiered at the San Martín Theater as if it were French "presumably for reasons of respectability." After the campaign against him by the Catholic newspaper El Pueblo, San Martín took it down from the billboard. On November 4 it was announced that the film would be shown again in a downtown theater and finally on November 7 the interim mayor Adrián Fernández Castro resolved the ban for "amoral".

How it feels

Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, morality, identity, betrayal

Content

Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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