El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca

Este es el romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, de cómo quedó trunco, comenzó la tristeza y unas pocas cosas más…, or simply El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca, is a 1967 Argentine romantic drama film directed and written by Leonardo Favio, based on the short story El cenizo by Jorge Zuhair Jury, Favio's older brother. The film stars Federico Luppi, Elsa Daniel, María Vaner and Edgardo Suárez.

El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca
Directed byLeonardo Favio
Written byLeonardo Favio
Based onEl cenizo
by Jorge Zuhair Jury
Produced by
  • Armando Bresky
  • Walter Achugar
Starring
CinematographyJuan José Stagnaro
Edited by
  • Antonio Ripoll
  • Armando Blanco
Music byLos Wawancó
Production
company
Renacimiento Films
Release date
  • 1 June 1967 (1967-06-01)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca received unanimous acclaim and won four Silver Condor Awards: Best Film, Best Actor for Luppi, Best Actress for Daniel and Best Supporting Actor for Suárez. A remake of the film, Aniceto, was released in 2008, also directed by Favio.

It was selected as the ninth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1984, while it ranked 5th in the 2000 edition.[1] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 13 position.[2]

Cast

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Federico Luppi in the film.

References

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  1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  2. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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