Don Segundo Sombra is a 1969 Argentine drama film directed by Manuel Antín, based on the novel of the same name. Winner of the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, it was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.
Cast
Héctor Alterio as Gaucho in Black
Alejandra Boero as Quack Woman
Juan Carvalledo as Fabio as Young Man
Lito Cruz
Luis Manuel de la Cuesta
Juan Carlos Galván
Juan Carlos Gené as Don Sixto
Adolfo Guiraldes as Don Segundo Sombra
Jorge Hacker
Luis Medina Castro
Soledad Silveyra as Aurora
Fernando Vegal