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Screenplay by Alejandro Casona Cinematography Francis Boeniger Story by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón | 6.9/10 IMDb Starring Eva Duarte Screenplay Alejandro Casona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Mario Soffici
Leo Fleider
Ralph Pappier Based on La pródiga by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Music by Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio Initial release 16 August 1984 (Argentina) Directors Mario Soffici, Ralph Pappier, Leo Fleider Music director Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio Cast Eva Perón, Alberto Closas, Juan José Miguez, Angelina Pagano, Ernesto Raquén Similar Circus Cavalcade, Three Men of the River, The Sin of Julia, La Secta del trébol, Héroes sin fama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Prodigal Woman (Spanish: La pródiga) is an Argentine drama film directed by Mario Soffici and co-directed by Leo Fleider and Ralph Pappier. It stars Eva Duarte as a wasteful rich woman who has a social awakening. The film is based on a novel by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.
The film was shot in 1945, in Córdoba and the San Miguel studios in Buenos Aires. It was Duarte's first leading role in a film and also her last film. It was to be released toward the end of 1945, but in the meantime Duarte got married to the presidential candidate Juan Perón. Her new position in Argentina's political life, and her considerable influence on her husband, made the film inappropriate for release, and it was postponed indefinitely. It was eventually released in Argentina on 16 August 1984.