''Su esposa diurna'' ( en, Your Daytime Wife) is a 1944 Argentine

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film, directed by

Enrique Cahen Salaberry Enrique Cahen Salaberry (born 12 October 1911 – 29 June 1991 in Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades. He directed some 60 films between 1943 a ...

. It stars

Alejandro Flores Alejandro Flores Pinaud (1896–1962) was a Chilean poet, dramatist and actor. He was born on February 9, 1896, in Santiago de Chile and died on January 6, 1962. Education Flores attended the St. Joseph Patron Saint school and the San Pedro Nolas ...

, Jacqueline Dumont, Francisco Álvarez and Nury Montsé. The script was written by Alejandro Verbitsky and

Emilio Villalba Welsh Emilio Villalba Welsh (died 7 September 1992) was a prolific Argentine screenwriter. Welsh wrote the scripts for almost 50 films between 1943 and 1987 including the script for the 1954 Román Viñoly Barreto film '' The Grandfather'' which sta ...

Plot

An entomologist and a gym teacher who pretend to be married to get a grant and go on a scientific expedition end up falling in love.

Cast

* Jacqueline Dumont * Francisco Álvarez * Nury Montsé *

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Enrique Chaico Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

* Olimpio Bobbio *

Alberto Terrones Alberto Terrones (; 1894–1957) was an Argentine film and theater actor, with an extensive filmography. Filmography * ''Mercado de abasto'' (1955) * ''Misión extravagante'' (1954) * '' Barrio gris'' (1954) * ''Una ventana a la vida'' (1953) * ' ...

Reception

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'' found the film entertaining and funny and critic Roland opined in ''

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'' that the film "has the uncommon quality of its permanent ameneity".

References

External links

* 1944 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry Argentine romantic comedy films 1944 romantic comedy films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub