Al Compás de tu Mentira
Encyclopedia
Al compás de tu mentira (To the Compass of Your Lie) is a 1950
black-and-white
Argentine
musical film
directed by Héctor Canziani
. The film adapted from the play The Importance of being Earnest
written by Irish writer Oscar Wilde
. Abel Santacruz
adapted the script for the film. The film starred Francisco Álvarez and Pedro Quartucci
.
The film is based on tango
dancing, an integral part of Argentine
culture
.
and the hope but beloved, when the life in a deep solitude is lost and it never lets forget to us, another pain has so just as it tortures us and it is bitterness to lose a friendship. To the compass of your lie you conquered a love, and to the compass of your lie it was moving away from me to you. In the compass of your lie you did not listen to my truth, but to the aim the understanding put light in your reason, and arose for both.
1950 in film
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush...
black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
directed by Héctor Canziani
Héctor Canziani
Héctor Canziani was an Argentine poet, screenwriter and film director who worked in Argentine cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Although his work was most abundant in screenwriting and poetry after his brief film career, he is best known for his directorship and production of the 1950 tango dancing...
. The film adapted from the play The Importance of being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
written by Irish writer Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
. Abel Santacruz
Abel Santacruz
Abel Santacruz was a major Argentine screenwriter who is credited for writing nearly 130 films spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema....
adapted the script for the film. The film starred Francisco Álvarez and Pedro Quartucci
Pedro Quartucci
Pedro Quartucci was an Argentine boxer and actor.-Boxing career:As a featherweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s, he won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the featherweight division, losing against Joseph Salas in the semi-final.-Acting career:He then pursued...
.
The film is based on tango
Tango (dance)
Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....
dancing, an integral part of Argentine
Culture of Argentina
The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country's geography and mix of ethnic groups. Modern Argentine culture has been largely influenced by European immigration although there are lesser elements of Amerindian and African influences, particularly in the fields of music and art...
culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
.
Play
The master could be but sweet of the life and the illusionIllusion
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people....
and the hope but beloved, when the life in a deep solitude is lost and it never lets forget to us, another pain has so just as it tortures us and it is bitterness to lose a friendship. To the compass of your lie you conquered a love, and to the compass of your lie it was moving away from me to you. In the compass of your lie you did not listen to my truth, but to the aim the understanding put light in your reason, and arose for both.
Cast
- Francisco Álvarez
- Anaclara Bell
- Jorge Casal
- Alfredo De Angelis
- Delfy de OrtegaDelfy de OrtegaDelfy de Ortega was an Italian-born -Argentine actress.-Filmography:*Sin querer, queriendo *Yo también tengo fiaca! *El divorcio está de moda *Hipólito y Evita *Nino...
- Domingo Federico
- Héctor Gagliardi
- Ramón GarayRamón GarayRamón J. Garay was a Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the classic era of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a fmailiar face of the period in films he didn't enter film until the age of 45....
- Herminia Llorente
- Osmar Maderna
- Lalo Maura
- Margarita Palacios
- Pedro QuartucciPedro QuartucciPedro Quartucci was an Argentine boxer and actor.-Boxing career:As a featherweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s, he won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the featherweight division, losing against Joseph Salas in the semi-final.-Acting career:He then pursued...
- Irma Roy
- Olga Vilmar