Al Corazón is a 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

 Argentine

Cinema of Argentina

The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....

 documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 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...

 dancing directed and written by Mario Sábato

Mario Sábato

Mario Sábato is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the famed writer Ernesto Sábato.He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina best known for his children's comedy films.-External links:*...

. The film starred Libertad Lamarque

Libertad Lamarque

Libertad Lamarque was an Argentine-Mexican actress and singer. Originally from Argentina, she reached fame throughout Latin America while living in Mexico and working in Mexican cinema.-Career:...

 and Alberto Castillo. The film explores the history of 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 in Argentina, and was filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cast

• Olinda Bozán
• Enrique Cadícamo
  Enrique Cadícamo
  Enrique Domingo Cadícamo was a prolific Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist. From an initial Symbolist bent, he developed a distinctive, lunfardo-rich style from an early age, and by 1925 he had his first piece, Pompas de jabón, sung by Carlos Gardel...
  
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• Alberto Castillo -
• Hugo del Carril
  Hugo del Carril
  Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana otherwise known as Hugo del Carril was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.-Early life:...
  
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• Libertad Lamarque
  Libertad Lamarque
  Libertad Lamarque was an Argentine-Mexican actress and singer. Originally from Argentina, she reached fame throughout Latin America while living in Mexico and working in Mexican cinema.-Career:...
  
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• Tita Merello
  Tita Merello
  Laura Ana Merello best known as Tita Merello was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer...
  
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• Florencio Parravicini -
• Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán
  Sergio Renán is an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter.Born in Buenos Aires in 1933, Renán became an accomplished violinist in his teens and, following a minor film role in Mario Soffici's 1951 drama Pasó en mi barrio , he joined the theatre as an actor and continued to appear in...
  
   - Narrator
• Ernesto Sábato
  Ernesto Sabato
  Ernesto Sabato , was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America"...
  
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• Luis Sandrini
  Luis Sandrini
  Luis Sandrini was a prolific Argentine comic film actor and film producer. He has made over 80 appearances in film between 1933 and 1980....
  
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• Adriana Varela
  Adriana Varela
  Adriana Varela is a female Argentine tango singer, with a successful career that encompasses seven records, as well as minor movie roles.-Summary:...
  
   - Narrator

Release and acclaim

The film was produced both in black and white and in colour. It premiered on 22 March 1996. In 1997, Al Corazón's film editor Norberto Rapado won a Silver condor award for Best Film Editing

Film editing

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 at the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards.