''Extraña ternura'' is a 1964 Argentine film directed by Daniel Tinayre based on a novel by

Guy des Cars Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars (6 May 1911 – 21 December 1993) was a best-selling French author of popular novels. Personal life Born in Paris on 6 May 1911, des Cars was from an aristocratic family. He was the second son of ...

Cast

Music

Music for the film was written by Astor Piazzolla and Lucio Milena. At the persuasion of Egle Martin, Piazzolla set the poem "Graciela Oscura" by

Ulyses Petit de Murat Ulyses Petit de Murat (28 January 1907 – 19 August 1983) was an Argentine poet and screenwriter. He wrote the script for ''The Gaucho War'' (1942) with Homero Manzi based on the 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones. At the 1943 Argentine Film Cr ...

to music for the film; this song was repeated several times in the movie, and was reported to be the main attraction of the film when it opened at the Cine Monumental in the spring of 1964.

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* 1964 films 1960s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Daniel Tinayre 1960s Argentine films {{1960s-Argentina-film-stub