''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 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

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

* 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 {{1960s-drama-film-stub