- Las Aguas Bajan Turbias
Infobox Film
name = Las Aguas Bajan Turbias
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director =Hugo del Carril
producer =Hugo del Carril | writer =Eduardo Borrás
starring =Hugo del Carril
music =Tito Ribero
cinematography =José María Beltrán
editing =Gerardo Rinaldi
distributor =Cinematográfica Cinco
Times Film Corporation (USA )
released =9 October 1952
runtime = 91 minutes
81 minutes (USA)
country =Argentina
language = Spanish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0044335Las Aguas bajan turbias (English International title: Rivers of Blood,
USA :Dark River) is a classic 1952 Argentinedrama film directed byHugo del Carril and written byEduardo Borrás . The film was based on a novel byAlfredo Varela . The film starredHugo del Carril who simultaneously directed the film,Adriana Benetti andRaúl del Valle . The film is based around themes ofoppression .ynopsis
The brothers Santos and Rufino Peralta (of Carril and Laxalt) are used like animals in the workplace at the Parana Stop. There they encounter enormous hardship and inhuman conditions of work as a consequence of the immense
greed of the managers. A worker'srebellion is maturing, to the point that it is developed intotrade union of workers who respond against their grief. Finally, the workers plot a counterattack and punish their corrupt employers.Release and acclaim
The film premiered on
9 October 1952 inBuenos Aires and on25 February in theUSA .Argentina released the film again in 2005 at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on11 March 2005 .The film won the
Silver Condor award for best picture at the Argentine Film Critics Association Awards in 1953. The film was produced and distributed byCinematográfica Cinco andDCB (Del Carril-Barbieri) inArgentina and theTimes Film Corporation in the USA on its American release on 25 February 1956.Cast
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Hugo del Carril as Santos Peralta
*Adriana Benetti as Amelia
*Raúl del Valle as Aguilera
*Pedro Laxalt as Rufino Peralta
*Gloria Ferrandiz as Doña Flora
*Eloy Álvarez as Alí
*Herminia Franco as Flor de Lis
*Luis Otero as A Peon
*Joaquín Petrocino as Barreiro
*Francisco Audenino
*Carlos Escobares
*Mecha López
*Domingo Garibotto as Amelia's Father
*Jacinto Aicardi
*Ricardo Carenzo External links
* [http://www.acceder.buenosaires.gov.ar/es/buscador/title:Las%20Aguas%20Bajan%20Turbias Film gallery of almost 100 pictures] es icon
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