Dark River (1952 film)

Dark River
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
Edited by Gerardo Rinaldi
Distributed by Cinematográfica Cinco
Times Film Corporation (USA)
Release dates
 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's central theme in oppression. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.

Synopsis

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.

Release and acclaim

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.

Cast

The workers form a trade union and rebel against worker oppression
Director and actor Hugo del Carril in role as Santos Peralta

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