La tregua
The Truce is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Sergio Renán and co-written with Aída Bortnik, based on the eponymous novel by Mario Benedetti. It was the first Argentine film to be nominated for an Academy Award (the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film).
Plot
The film opens on Martín Santomé's (Héctor Alterio) 49th birthday, a widower and the father of three children: the eldest, the embittered Esteban (Luis Brandoni); the caring middle-child Blanca (Marilina Ross) and Jaime (Oscar Martínez), a closeted homosexual. He goes to work thinking they have forgotten his birthday, and once at the office, he assigns two new employees to their jobs: the effeminate, nervous Santini (Antonio Gasalla) and the young Laura (Ana María Picchio), with whom he soon develops a bond. Back home, Martín is surprised with a party thrown by his children.
Cast
- Aldo Barbero
- Ana María Picchio
- Antonio Gasalla
- Carlos Carella
- Carlos Perciavalle
- China Zorrilla
- Cipe Lincovsky
- Constantino Cosma
- Diego Varzi
- Edda Díaz
- Héctor Alterio
- Hugo Arana
- Ignacio Finder
- Jorge Sassi
- Juan José Camero
- Lautaro Murúa
- Luis Brandoni
- Luis Politti
- Marilina Ross
- Norma Aleandro
- Oscar Martínez
- Rudy Chernicoff
- Sergio Renán
- Víctor Manso
- Walter Vidarte
More details
| author | Mario Benedetti |
|---|---|
| director | Sergio Renán |
| editor | Óscar Souto |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | age difference climax closeted homosexual flu homosexual nervous breakdown |
| musicBy | Julián Plaza |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| producer | Rene Aure Rosa Zemborain Tita Tamames |
| recordedAt | Buenos Aires |