Diez segundos

Diez segundos
Directed by Alejandro Wehner
Carlos D'Agostino
Produced by Ciriaco Hernández
Carlos D'Agostino
Written by Manuel Arellano Martín
Horacio Estol
Starring Ricardo Duggan
María Esther Buschiazzo
Patricia Castell
Delfy de Ortega
María Rosa Gallo
Oscar Valicelli
Oscar Villa
Music by Juan Ehlert
C. Sesso Ocampo
Cinematography Antonio Prieto
Production
company
Release dates
 1949
Running time
 83 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

Diez segundos (Ten Seconds) is a 1949 Argentine film directed by Alejandro Wehner, produced by Emelco studios.[1] The film is a boxing drama starring Ricardo Duggan, María Esther Buschiazzo, Patricia Castell, Carlos D'Agostino (voice), Delfy de Ortega, María Rosa Gallo, Oscar Valicelli and Oscar Villa.[2] It premiered on November 23, 1949 in Buenos Aires. The film was distributed by Interamericana.[3] Castell and Rosa Gallo would later star alongside each other in several films and television series over several decades including Perla Negra and Zíngara (1996).[4][5][6]

Plot

Boxing school in the film
Image taken onset of Diez segundos. On the left, Ricardo Duggan, in dressing gown and towel on the neck, in the center, Oscar Villa laying a hand on the chest of Raul del Valle on the right holding the towel.

The film is loosely based on Horacio Estol's 1946 Vida y combates de Luis Angel Firpo, a biography of the Argentine boxer Luis Ángel Firpo who came close to beating Jack Dempsey in 1923.[7]

In the film, a humble lad starts to learn to box to defend himself, then goes on to become a professional boxer. He is trained heavily by Oscar Villa. Duggan's love interest in the film is played by Patrica Castell.

Cast

Reception

Duggan with love interest Patricia Castell

The book which the film was based on, Estol's Vida y combates de Luis Angel Firpo (1946) was received quite poorly and Wehner was inexperienced as a director, resulting in a disappointing film.[8]

A critic of the newspaper Noticias Gráficas said (in English): "They have used a narrative method that disappoints the viewer" and compared it to the delirium a boxer experiences when being knocked out. Diario Critica newspaper said (in English) "Some secrets of the technique get some interesting effects, but it reveals absolute nullity in the management of the interpreter."[9]

The authors of a 2009 analysis of the role of sports in Juan Peron’s government see the film as an example of the government’s pursuit of national advancement and social mobility through sporting achievement.[10] Its MALBA entry describes it as a classic Argentinian B movie and as a faithful, almost anthropological, representation of life in a Buenos Aires neighborhood of the time.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Diez segundos". Cine.ar. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Diez segundos". Cinenacional. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Cultura (1950). Guía quincenal de la actividad intelectual y artística argentina. p. 76. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Dubatti, Jorge; Arreche, Araceli (2003). Teatro de grupos, compañías y otras formaciones: Micropoéticas II. Desde la Gente, Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos Coop. ISBN 978-950-860-142-1. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Hernando, Gregorio Santos (1977). 25 i.e. Veinte y cinco años de TV Argentina. Editorial Herpa. p. 296. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Perla Negra". Series Now. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Cultura (1950). Guía quincenal de la actividad intelectual y artística argentina, Issues 57-68. p. 56.
  8. ↑ Roberto Blanco Pazos, Raúl Clemente (2004). De la fuga a la fuga: diccionario de films policiales. Corregidor. p. 89. ISBN 950-05-1528-8.
  9. ↑ Manrupe, Raúl y Portela, María Alejandra: Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995) pág. 178 Buenos Aires 2001 Editorial Corregidor ISBN 950-05-0896-6
  10. ↑ "Esporte, cinema e política na Argentina de Juan Perón (1946-1955)" (PDF). Estudos Ibero-Americanos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul). 2009. p. 69. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Películas proyectadas - Diez segundos (Argentina, 1949)". Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-27.

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