''La Película'' is a

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. It won the "Opera Prima" prize at the San Sebastian International Festival in 1976.

Plot summary

The film features movies within movies. At one level is the filming of a silent western entitled "El Corazon del gaucho" (lit. "the Cowboys's Heart"). The western's plot focuses on the kidnapping of a bride-to-be ( Diana Maggi) and her rescue by the groom played by

Ernesto Bianco Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

. Another level of the film is about the reaction of the residents of San Benito to the arrival of the actors. The third thread of the movie follows a young film-buff named Truffini, a reference to François Truffaut. Truffini documents the making of the movie and its intersection with local life.

Cast

* Alejandra Boero * Nora Cullen *

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* Diana Maggi *

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* Horacio Roca *

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* Hugo Soto *

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References

External links

* 1975 films Argentine comedy-drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Argentine films 1975 comedy-drama films Spanish-language comedy-drama films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub