Dark River (1952)
October 9, 1952Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Hugo del Carril
Santos Peralta
Adriana Benetti
Amelia
Raúl del Valle
Aguilera
Gloria Ferrandiz
Doña Flora
Pedro Laxalt
Rufino Peralta
Eloy Álvarez
Alí
Eduardo Borrás
Writer
Herminia Franco
Flor de Lis
Luis Otero
A Peon
Joaquín Petrocino
Barreiro
Tito Ribero
Composer
José María Beltrán
Cinematographer
Domingo Garibotto
The Amelia's Father
Oscar Guerrero
Narrator
Gerardo Rinaldi
Editor
Carlos D'Agostino
Narrator
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Release DateOctober 9, 1952
Original NameLas aguas bajan turbias
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
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Dark River (Spanish: Las aguas bajan turbias) is a 1952 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril, starring del Carril, Adriana Benetti and Raúl del Valle. It is based on a novel by Alfredo Varela. The storyline is about exploitation of peons, and the film has a populist message that ties in with the director's sympathy for Peronism. The film won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.
It was selected as the sixth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977, while it ranked 4th in the 1984 edition and 3rd in the 2000 edition. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 14 position.