''The ABC of Love'' ( pt, ABC do amor, es, Noche terrible) is a
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
Brazilian and
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
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-g ...
directed by
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho (May 11, 1933 – February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian film director, screen writer, actor and film producer, known as one of the most important documentarists in Brazil.
He directed and wrote the script to the 1967 po ...
and
Rodolfo Kuhn
Rodolfo Kuhn (29 December 1934 – 3 January 1987) was an Argentine film director, screen writer and producer.
Kuhn was born in Buenos Aires.
He directed and wrote the script to the 1967 popular Brazilian film, '' El ABC del amor'' with ...
and starred by
Jorge Rivera López and
Bárbara Mujica
Bárbara Mujica (née Bárbara Moinelo Múgica; stage name Barbara Moinelo; Buenos Aires, March 13, 1944 - Buenos Aires, August 1, 1990) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress of the 1960s and 1970s. Her mother was the actress Alb ...
.
Plot
The films involves a
suicide pact
A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed.
General considerations
Suicide pacts are an important concept in the study of suicide, and h ...
and
marriage
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.
Release
The film premiered in June 1967 at the
17th Berlin International Film Festival
The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film '' Le départ'' directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the ju ...
and was nominated for a
Golden Bear Award.
It premiered on 7 September 1967 in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. Released in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
it was also released in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
Cast
* Jorge Rivera López
* Vera Vianna
*
Reginaldo Faria
Reginaldo Figueira de Faria (born 11 June 1937) is a Brazilian actor and film director. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1952. Faria's brother Roberto Farias (the 's' was added to his surname due to an error at t ...
*
Susana Rinaldi
Susana Natividad Rinaldi was born om December 25, 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an Argentine tango singer.
Biography
Susana Natividad Rinaldi was born to a wealthy father and a poor mother in Buenos Aires in 1935. Dubbed "La Tana" (in r ...
*
Federico Luppi
*
Joffre Soares
*
Héctor Pellegrini
* Isabel Ribeiro
* Mário Petráglia
* María Luisa Robledo
* Corrado Corradi
* Marta Gam
* Cláudio MacDowell
* Gloria Pratt
*
Adriana Aizemberg
Adriana Aizenberg (born 1 December 1938) is an Argentine film and television actress.
She has appeared in film since the year 1967 making her debut in ''El ABC del amor'' making some sixteen appearances to date.
She appeared in the popular 2004 ...
References
External links
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1967 films
Brazilian romantic drama films
1960s Portuguese-language films
1960s Spanish-language films
1967 drama films
Films directed by Rodolfo Kuhn
Argentine romantic drama films
Chilean romantic drama films
1960s Argentine films
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