''Diary of a Pig War'' (Spanish: La Guerra del cerdo) is a 1975

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film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson about his own script written in collaboration with Beatriz Guido and Luis Pico Estrada. It is based on the novel "''Diario de la guerra del cerdo''" by

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. It stars José Slavin, Marta González, Edgardo Suárez, Víctor Laplace and Emilio Alfaro. It was released on 7 August, 1975. Excerpts of the short film The Last Cry (1960) by Dino Minitti are seen during the film.

Plot

In an alternative reality, a man who is entering old age faces a society in which the young eliminate the old.

Cast

* José Slavin …Isidro Vidal * Marta González …Nélida *

Edgardo Suárez Edgardo is an Italian-language form of the name Edgar. It may refer to: * Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder *Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player *Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major Leag ...

… Antonio Bobliolo *

Víctor Laplace Víctor Laplace (born 30 May 1943) is an Argentina, Argentine film actor. Laplace was born in Tandil, Buenos Aires. The son of a watchmaking jeweler and a housewife. When he was 14, he started working as a metallurgist in a factory, there he als ...

… Isidorito Vidal *

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… Farrell *

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… Leandro Rey * Miguel Ligero... Jimmy Neuman *

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* Zelmar Gueñol * María José Demare * Héctor Tealdi * Adriana Parets * Raquel María Álvarez * Walter Soubrié *

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* Fernando ''Tacholas'' Iglesias * Luis Cordara * Cristina Aramburu * Matilde Mur *

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* Juan Carlos Gianuzzi * Alberto Salgado * Inés Murray * Marcelo Alfaro * Julio César Acera * Franco Balestrieri *

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* Cecilia Cenci

External links

* 1975 films Argentine drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Argentine films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub