“Have a good trip to infinity, dad! You gave us everything, you will always be in our hearts,” published Guido, musician and son of the filmmaker.
Mario Sabatodirector, screenwriter and son of the famous Argentine writer Ernesto Saturdaypassed away this Saturday in the Buenos aires city to the 78 yearsas confirmed by their relatives on social networks.
“Have a good trip to infinity, dad! You gave us everything, you will always be in our hearts,” he posted on his Instagram profile. guymusician and son of the filmmaker.
Sabato had a long career as director and screenwriter of comedy films for children or the whole family, several of which he signed at the time with the pseudonym of Adrian Quiroga. Among them are the well-remembered films of “The Super Agents”: “The Bionic Super Agents” (1977), “The Super Agents and the Cursed Treasure” (1978) and “The Super Agents and Titans” (1983).
Also the tapes that were filmed in the country by the members of the Spanish children’s vocal musical group the ludohugely successful in his native land and in Latin America: “The Parchís against the invisible inventor” (1981), “The magic of the Parchís” (1982) and “The adventures of the Parchís” (1982).
Among others, he also directed “The Power of Darkness” (1979), starring Sergio Renan and based on the chapter “Report on the Blind” from his father’s praised novel “On Heroes and Graves”.
He would resume the figure of his father in the cinema with what was his last film, the documentary “Ernesto Sabato, my father”of 2008which had testimonies from great figures of politics and art.
From that moment he turned to other activities, among which was the restoration and maintenance of the family home in Santos Lugaresof the Buenos Aires party of third of February, which became a museum about the life and work of his father. There you can take guided tours by the grandchildren of the author of “The tunnel” and “Abbaddon the Exterminator”, Guido and Lucianachildren of Mario.
Source: Ambito
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