On the night of June 24, 1935, Gardel, Lepera And his guitarists passed, as they say, to immortality. Attentive to date, and flying the slogan “Ninety years is nothing”, Culture of the city has organized a Gardelian week with logical epicenter on the infamous date of June 24.
The activities began last Thursday at the Gardel Museum House, will culminate next Sunday, and include recitals in large quantity, films, exhibitions, tours guided by the supply and other corners that the teacher, dance classes and guitar classes and specialist talks. Virtually all free, and in a supply selection of cultural centers, bars, confectionery and museums, amen of the San Martín Theater Hall, Centenario Park and the Mataderos Fair.
The central act will be tomorrow from 20 in the cinema-theater May 25, Villa Urquiza, just the place where Gardel He acted for the last time for the Argentine public, days before embarking on his most successful tour of Europe, the US and Latin America, until he met his destination in Medellín. That night he sang on stage and then on the cinema balcony, for people who had not been able to enter and waited for him on the street. Tomorrow Oscar Laiadprotagonist of “When Frank met Carlitos”will interpret the same themes there, but with the Argentine Airport Orchestra.
The complete detail of activities can be found in Gardeliana week | Buenos Aires City – Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. As for movies, the classics are noted “Downhill”with Mona Maris, where “My Buenos Aires Dear” sings (today on May 25, Tuesday and Wednesday in Sala Lugones, Sunday at the Museum of Cinema), “The day you love me”with Rosita Moreno (Lugones Tuesday and Thursday) and “Tango bar”romantic police where “Far land of mine” sings (Gardel Cultural Space, Wednesday), in addition to the media “Melody of Arrabal”, with Argentine empire (Museum of Cinema, Domingo) and the ten themes recorded in 1930 by Eduardo Morera with the participation of Discepol “This is how Carlos Gardel sang” (Lugones, Tuesday and Wednesday, Museum of Cinema on Saturday). All in restored copy.
It remains for another return “Tango in Broadway”, Where the then child Piazzolla appears as a canillite. Two documentaries are noted: “Carlos Gardel. History of an idol” (Solly Schroeder, 1964, on Saturday at the museum) and “The sound before” (Yael Szmulewicz, 2024), exceptional tribute to the Creole guitar and its executors, starting, of course, from Gardelits companions and its famous star Boca guitar (May 25 center, Wednesday at 20).
Other Argentines
Also today begins in the goumont on the 8th Stop Motion Our FestInternational Meeting of Animation Work in the Stop Motion modality. Short inaugural, “Echocide”, an alert about the risks of the planet as seen by Pachamama, made in clay by Aldana Loiseau in his Humahuaca workshop.
On Tuesday at 9 pm Lugones Teresa Costantini presents “Wainrot after bambalins”, Delicious portrait of the choreographer Mauricio Wainrot, who no longer dances but keeps the creative gift, acute memory and sparkling humor intact. The artist himself will participate in the presentation and the later talk with the public. It is repeated on Wednesday and Thursday, alternating with Gardel.
From Thursday to Sunday, in the Malba, the first cycle dedicated to the work of the author Santafesino will be developed Patricio Collone of those few filmmakers who have managed to develop their work entirely in the interior of the country. Among the planned titles, “La Doma”, “The cat footprint”, “scars” and two duo works with Jorge Goldenberg: The short documentary “Hachero just”filmed when they were young, and the foster “Return to Fortín Olmos”reunit with the place and the people of “Hachero just”forty years later.
And the missionary drama is still on the poster “For your good”of Alex Monsúwhich last week won, simultaneously, the awards for the best film at the 71st International Festival of Taormina, Italy, and in the 8th cinema in large, of Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego. Here he also won the Best Actress Award for the young debutant Sabrina Melgarejo. By the way, another debutante, young of Alma, the artist and gallery owner Luz Castillohe also received the award for best actress, in this case at the Fedala International Festival, in Morocco, for his protagonist in the film of Pablo César “after the end.” The singular thing is that Luz Castillo He was already 89 years old when he made this movie. As said at the beginning, 90 years is nothing.
Source: Ambito
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