First Very Famous Argentine Melodrama

Much has been said pro or against Dios se lo pague -God Reward You-. What it is a fact is that it was internationally known thanks to a very well deserved distribution. It was the first Argentine picture to be nominated by the Academy of Hollywood. Time has preserved it, at least partially.
A gorgeous cinematography by Alberto Etchebehere in black and white and a good direction of actors make it worth to watch nowadays.
On the other hand, the theater play by Brazilian Joracy Camargo has not aged well at all and its message looks quite old-fashioned. The story of the whore and the millionaire beggar fells through and not even the believable central couple -the talented Arturo de Córdova and Zully Moreno- can redeem it.
There is a bouns and it is the music by Juan Elhert which was used in some other productions of Argentina Sono Film. A first rate artist like Gori Muñoz was the author of the impressive settings.
Unfortunately, after this film director Luis César Amadori sank into a sea of forgetabble manufactures in order to amass quite a fortune. He and his wife -Zully Moreno- looked for exile in Spain after the 1955 coup. Both of them came back to Argentina in the 70s but they never again worked in their country of origin.
This movie was re-released in the sixties and in the eighties to packed houses. All in all, something to debate.
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