Los afincaos

Overview

Los Afincaos (Sons of the Earth) was the first film ever produced by the major Argentine film company Teatro del Pueblo. Set in the Northern hills, the story concerns a pair of Indian brothers, leaders of their local tribe. The older of the brothers falls in love with a young school teacher, but rather than go through the courtship proceedings, he kidnaps and rapes the unfortunate girl. When she dies from grief, the younger brother avenges her death by killing his sibling. The acting and staging of Los Afincaos reveals a great deal about the lack of experience at such an early stage in Argentine feature film history.

Cast

José Álvarez

Catalina Asta

Remo Asta

Juan Carlos Bettini

Celia Eresky

Juan Eresky

Rosa Eresky

Mari Galimberti

Mario Genovesi

Josefa Goldar

Fernando Guerra

Oscar Gutiérrez

Roberto Leydet

Emilio Lommi

Mecha Martínez

Olga Mosin

Pascual Nacarati

José Petriz

Nélida Piuselli

Marister Uslenghi

José Veneziani

Release

The film premiered on 28 October 1941 in Buenos Aires.