''El Acompañamiento'' (English language:''The Supporter'') is a 1991

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drama film directed and written by

Carlos Orgambide Carlos Gdansky Orgambide, better known by his stage name Carlos Orgambide (born 28 September 1930 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He is the younger brother of author Pedro Orgambide. Selected filmography * ''El Hom ...

. The musical was based on a play by

Carlos Gorostiza Carlos Gorostiza Rodríguez (; June 7, 1920 – July 19, 2016) was an Argentine playwright, theatre director, and novelist. His seminal work ''El puente'' debuted in 1949 and he garnered numerous awards for his proceeding works. He later was Se ...

Plot

The film is based on

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, an integral part of

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. The 1991 film is an adaption of a play by the same name written by

, one of the central figures in the

Open Theatre The Open Theater was an experimental theatre group in New York City, active from 1963 to 1973. Foundation The Open Theater was founded in New York City by a group of former students of acting teacher Nola Chilton, together with director Joseph Chai ...

movement of the early 1980s. The story revolves around the central character of Tuco, (portrayed by Carlos Carella) a singer who struggles to make his debut on

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

Release

The film debuted in

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on 23 May 1991.

Cast

* Carlos Carella as Tuco *Franklin Caicedo * Haydée Padilla *

María Rosa Gallo María Rosa Gallo (December 20, 1925 – December 7, 2004) was an Argentine actress. Career Born of a Calabrian father and Spanish mother on 20 December 1925, Gallo studied at the ''Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Dramático'' (Nationa ...

Ana María Giunta Ana María Giunta (1 March 1943 – 14 March 2015) was an Argentine actress best known for her roles in '' A King and His Movie'' (1986), '' The Supporter'' (1991), and in '' Eversmile, New Jersey'' (1989). Giunta was born in Concepción de ...

Alberto Busaid Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

* Oscar Viale *

Enrique Liporace Enrique Liporace (10 June 1941 – 27 January 2024) was an Argentine actor. Life and work Liporace began his career as an actor in 1963, when he was cast in ''La terraza'', directed by period piece filmmaker Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. He earned ex ...

* Mónica Scapparone *Carlos Alberto Parrilla * Fernando Iglesias ("Tacholas") *Alicia Aresté *Enrique Mazza *María Silvia Varela *Carlos de Urquiza

Release

The film was released on 6 August 1992, in Spain, and was released later in

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Awards

* 1992

Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association () is an organization of Argentine-based journalism, journalists and correspondents. The association p ...

External links

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