Cinema
Odd Number
La cifra impar
Manuel Antín · 1962
Synopsis
Two brothers fought over the love of a woman, and the couple she forms with one of them leaves for Paris, fleeing the mother's reproaches, according to the Hamburg festival. Luis and Laura receive a letter from Luis's mother: Nico, the younger brother, is arriving in Europe, although he died of tuberculosis years earlier. Nico had loved Laura before she chose Luis.
Context
Released on 15 November 1962, this first feature film was written by the director and Antonio Ripoll, based on a short story by Julio Cortázar, who was living in France. Tiempo Argentino reports that the joint work was done by letters and recordings. María Rosa Gallo and Sergio Renán star in it alongside Lautaro Murúa, actor and filmmaker. It was screened in Germany in 2010, in an Argentine section.
Who it is for
A drama in Spanish of eighty-five minutes, about a couple and an absent person, for those who accept a narrative without a simple chronology.
Prizes and reception
Three Silver Condors in 1963: direction, leading actor and Milagros de la Vega, supporting actress.
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