''Suburb'' (Spanish: ''Suburbio'') is a 1951 Argentine

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

León Klimovsky León Klimovsky (16 October 1906 – 8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural moveme ...

and starring Pedro López Lagar,

Fanny Navarro Fanny Navarro (1 June 1920 - 18 March 1971) was an Argentine actress. She starred in films such ''Melodías porteñas'' (1937), '' Doce mujeres'' (1939), '' Ambición'' (1939), '' El hijo del barrio'' (1940), '' Hogar, dulce hogar'' (1941), '' ...

and Zoe Ducós. The film portrays life in one of the poorer neighborhoods of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. Under pressure from the Peronist authorities, Klimovsky changed the ending to suggest that the problems of such communities were now a thing of the past.Pigott & Oyarzabel p.48

Cast

In alphabetical order *

Juan Alighieri Juan Alighieri was an Argentine film actor. Filmography *'' Almafuerte'' (1949) *El Seductor (1950) .... Julián Rosales 2 *'' Suburb'' (1951) *Derecho viejo (1951) *La Dama del mar (1954) *Los Problemas de papá (1954) *La Calle del pecado ( ...

* Leo Alza * Arturo Arcari * Graciliano Batista * Olga Berg * Félix Camino * Rosa Catá * Margarita Corona *

Alberto de Mendoza Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza (21 January 1923 – 12 December 2011) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in some 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades. A lifelong figure in Argentine films, De Mendo ...

Zoe Ducos Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcast ...

Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as w ...

* Mauricio Espósito * Roberto Guthie * Angélica López Gamio * Pedro López Lagar * Pedro Maratea * José Maurer * Fernanda Mistral * Yuki Nambá *

* Juan Pecci * Fernando Siro * Enrique Thomas * Aldo Vega

References

Bibliography

* Michael Pigott & Santiago Oyarzabel. ''World Film Locations: Buenos Aires''. Intellect Ltd, 2014.

External links

* 1951 films Argentine drama films 1951 drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by León Klimovsky Films set in Buenos Aires Films shot in Buenos Aires Films scored by Julián Bautista Argentine black-and-white films 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub