Los inundados (transl. The Flooded Ones) is a 1961 Argentine comedy film directed by Fernando Birri.

Los inundados
Directed byFernando Birri
Written byMateo Booz (short story)
Fernando Birri
CinematographyAdelqui Camuso
Edited byAntonio Ripoll
Production
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Productora América Nuestra
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
87 min.
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 13th position.[1] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 33rd position.[2]

Cast

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  • Pirucho Gómez as Dolores Gaitán
  • Lola Palombo as Optima Gaitán
  • María Vera as Pilar Gaitán
  • Hector Palavecino as A member of the Gaitán family
  • Julio Omar González as A member of the Gaitán family (credited as Julio González)
  • Carlos Rodríguez

Censorship

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Because Los Inundados depicted the hardships of poor residents living in areas that are subject to floods, the film was banned in Argentina for being contrary to the national image the federal government wished to promote.[3] The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1962 where it shared the Prima Opera Award with David and Lisa.

References

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  1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  2. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ^ Rocha, Carolina (2016). "Film Censorship in Argentina: 1958-1976". Vanderbilt e-Journal of Luso-Hispanic Studies. 10. Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese: 13–24. doi:10.15695/vejlhs.v10i0.4207. ISSN 1547-5743. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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