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La Pampa Gringa

La Pampa Gringa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1963

Runtime

0h 10m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

La Pampa Gringa

Production Companies

Instituto de Cinematografía de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Director

Fernando Birri

Description

“My life was the same as that of thousands of gringos: I plowed and sowed the land, and went to the bar on Sunday.” Such is the refrain throughout LA PAMPA GRINGA, which endeavors to relate the sense of community built by the European settlers who in 1865 first colonized the town of Esperanza, located in Birri’s native province of Santa Fe. Largely consisting of juxtaposed daguerreotypes from the period and newspaper printings, LA PAMPA GRINGA exhibits Birri’s ability to weave narratives out of historical documentation in deft, admirable form.