La Vendedora de fantasías
1950 Argentine film
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La Vendedora de fantasías (The Fantasy Saleswoman) is a 1950 Argentine crime comedy film directed by Daniel Tinayre during the classical era of Argentine cinema. It stars Mirtha Legrand and Alberto Closas.
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| Directed by | Daniel Tinayre, Orlando Zumpano |
| Written by | Alejandro Verbitsky and Emilio Villalba Welsh |
| Produced by | Edgardo Togni |
| Starring | Mirtha Legrand and Alberto Closas |
| Cinematography | Alberto Etchebehere |
| Edited by | Jorge Gárate |
| Music by | Víctor Slister |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Marta (Legrand), a department store clerk, aids her police detective fiancé (Closas) in hunting down a gang of jewel thieves. She awakens to later realise that it was all a dream.[1]
Cast
- Mirtha Legrand as Martha
- Alberto Closas as Roberto / Aníbal Ferro, "Pulguita"
- Alberto Bello as Jaime
- Homero Cárpena as Lavanca / policeman
- Nathán Pinzón as El Cabezón
- Beba Bidart as Olga Bernard
- Francisco Charmiello as Pancho
- Diana de Córdoba as Woman in hotel
- Pilar Gómez as Catalina / mother of Alberto
- Haydée Larroca as Cholita
- Miguel Ligero as Garófalo
- Alberto Quiles as Mucamo
- Ramón J. Garay as concierge
- Alberto Barcel as chief of police
- Luis García Bosch as Borracho
- Manuel Alcón as jewelry buyer
- Carlos Belluci as Sereno
- Fernando Campos
- Carmen Llambí as telephonist
- Jesús Pampín as director of orchestra
Reception
The critic King thought it was "good cinema and another opportunity to laugh" and Noticias Gráficas considered it a "funny, agile and very well filmed police farce". Film writers Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela write: "Successful at the time, today it can be seen as an exercise of formal and conceptual arbitrariness. Valued in part by the critics, it retains some effective moments."[2]
