Almafuerte (film)


Almafuerte is a 1949 Argentine drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by Belisario García Villar. The film is a biography of the Argentine poet Pedro Bonifacio Palacios. The film starred Narciso Ibáñez Menta as Almafuerte and Pola Alonso.

Awards

Almafuerte won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1950 for the best picture of the previous year. The film was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film.