Revolución: El cruce de los Andes

Revolución: El cruce de los Andes

Rodrigo de la Serna as José de San Martín.
Directed by Leandro Ipiña
Produced by Canal 7 Argentina
Encuentro
Written by Andrés Maiño
Leandro Ipiña
Narrated by Juan Carlos Gené
Starring Rodrigo de la Serna
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla
Sebastián Escofet
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Release date 28 October 2010 (2010-10-28)
Running time 95 minutes

Revolución: El cruce de los Andes (English: Revolution: The Crossing of the Andes) is a 2010 Argentine film that permiered during the bicentennial of Argentina. It was initially named San Martín: El cruce de los Andes (Spanish: San Martín: The Crossing of the Andes). It is about the life of José de San Martín, with special focus on the Crossing of the Andes. Production will be done by Channel 7 and Channel Encuentro, and the main actor will be Rodrigo de la Serna.[1] It was premiered in Mar del Plata on November 15, 2010.[2]

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Plot

The movie starts in 1880, near the date when the remains of the deceased José de San Martín were moved to Buenos Aires. A fictional veteran of the Army of the Andes gets an interview for the event, and the movie is narrated as a flashback. The movie does not follow the complete biography of San Martín, but just the Crossing of the Andes and the later Battle of Chacabuco.

Production

The production of the movie was announced at Casa Rosada, with the presence of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the governor of the province of San Juan, José Luis Gioja, Minister of Education Juan Carlos Tedesco, the director of the National System of Public Media, Tristán Bauer, and actor Rodrigo de la Serna. The president said that "this is a very special moment for everyone because addressing from public television the Crossing the Andes is more than just remember a milestone in the struggle for emancipation."[3] She explained that the movie would focus on the personal traits of San Martin, and pointed that if San Martín "had listened to the voices who say that nothing can be done, that everything is impossible, he would still be in Mendoza and we would be subjects of the King of Spain.".[3]

The filming started on June 1 of 2009 at the Calingasta valley in the province of San Juan, with a crew of more than 100 people.[4] Along de la Serna, there are 15 secondary actors for the film, and more than 1400 extras.[4] The scenes filmed in Mendoza ended being shot of the following August.[5]

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