72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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El dependiente, / The Shop Assistant

Leonardo Favio
Argentina
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A shop assistant in Don Vila's hardware store since the age of fourteen, Fernández hopes he will inherit the business when the old man dies; but Don Vila proves highly sound of health and looks set to stay that way. When the old owner eventually passes away, Fernández marries the strange spiritualusm-dabbling Miss Plasini, realising his blunder too late as she orders him around and generally makes his life a misery. Seeing his dreams go up in smoke, and losing all hope of ever being anything but a shop assistant, Fernández takes a tragic decision. 

Director
Leonardo Favio
Screenplay
Jorge Jury
Photography
Anibal di Salvo
Edition
Antonio Ripoll
Music
Vico Verti
Cast
Graciela Borges, Walter Vidarte, Fernando Iglesias, Nora Cullen
Running Time
90 m.
Country
Argentina
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