| Dark River (Las aguas bajan turbias) | |
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| Directed by | Hugo del Carril |
| Produced by | Hugo del Carril |
| Written by | Eduardo Borrás |
| Starring | Hugo del Carril |
| Music by | Tito Ribero |
| Cinematography | José María Beltrán |
| Editing by | Gerardo Rinaldi |
| Distributed by | Cinematográfica Cinco Times Film Corporation (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 9 October 1952 |
| Running time | 91 minutes 81 minutes (USA) |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Dark River (Spanish: Las aguas bajan turbias; English International title: Rivers of Blood) is a 1952 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril and written by Eduardo Borrás. The film was based on a novel by Alfredo Varela. The film starred Hugo del Carril who simultaneously directed the film, Adriana Benetti and Raúl del Valle. The film is based around themes of oppression.
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The brothers Santos and Rufino Peralta (of Carril and Laxalt) are used like animals in the workplace at the Parana Stop. There they encounter enormous hardship and inhuman conditions of work as a consequence of the immense greed of the managers. A worker's rebellion is maturing, to the point that it is developed into trade union of workers who respond against their grief. Finally, the workers plot a counterattack and punish their corrupt employers.
The film premiered on 9 October 1952 in Buenos Aires and on 25 February in the United States. Argentina released the film again in 2005 at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on 11 March 2005.
The film won the Silver Condor award for best picture at the Argentine Film Critics Association Awards in 1953.
The film was produced and distributed by Cinematográfica Cinco and Del Carril-Barbieri (DCB) in Argentina and the Times Film Corporation in the United States.
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