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1957 Argentine film
The House of the Angel
Theatrical release poster
SpanishLa casa del ángel
Directed byLeopoldo Torre Nilsson
Written by
Based onLa casa del ángel
by Beatriz Guido
StarringElsa Daniel
Lautaro Murúa
CinematographyAníbal González Paz
Edited byJorge Gárate
Production
company		Argentina Sono Film
Release date
  • July 11, 1957 (1957-07-11)
Running time76 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The House of the Angel (Spanish: La casa del ángel) is a 1957 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson based the novel of the same name by his wife Beatriz Guido, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

The film was entered into the 10th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or prize.

The film is considered a turning point in the history of Argentine cinema, as its international success contributed to the development of more national productions.

It was selected as the second greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977, while it ranked 6th in the 1984 edition and 10th in the 2000 edition. 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 22 position.

Cast

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: The House of the Angel". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  2. García Oliveri, Ricardo (2011). "Argentina". Diccionario del Cine Iberoamericano (in Spanish). Tomo 1. SGAE. pp. 420–442. ISBN 978-8480488228. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. Schumann, Peter B. (1987). "Argentina". Historia del cine latinoamericano (in Spanish). Legasa. p. 23. ISBN 978-950-600-099-8.
  4. "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.
  5. "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

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Films directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson


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