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The Hour of the Furnaces Part 1 / La hora de los hornos
Director's bio
Fernando Solanas
Fernando Solanas (1936–2020) was an Argentine filmmaker, politician, and activist, best known for his revolutionary cinema that fused art with political struggle. Born in Buenos Aires on February 26, 1936, Solanas studied theatre, music, and law before turning to film. His landmark documentary La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces, 1968), co-directed with Octavio Getino, became a manifesto of Third Cinema—a movement that rejected commercial and auteurist traditions in favor of politically engaged filmmaking aimed at liberation struggles in Latin America. This work, banned in Argentina during the dictatorship, was screened clandestinely and became a rallying cry for resistance. Solanas continued to explore Argentina’s social and political realities through films such as Tangos: el exilio de Gardel (1985), Sur (1988), El viaje (1992), La nube (1998), and Memoria del saqueo (2004). His cinema often blended realism with allegory, music, and poetry, reflecting both the trauma of dictatorship and the resilience of Argentine identity.
Synopsis
The film, which was made as part of the revolutionary film movement that emerged in Latin America in the late 1960s, is about four hours long and is presented in three chapters
Details of Cast
Will be updated
Details of Crew
DoP: Juan Carlos Desanzo Editor: Antonio Ripoll, Juan Carlos Macías, Norma Torrado Music: Roberto Lar Sound Design: Pablo Szir
Producer Details
Edgardo Pallero, Fernando E. Solanas
Writer Details
Fernando Solanas, Octavio Getino
Stills
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