His Best Student

1944 Argentine film

His Best Student

Directed by| Lucas Demare
Written by| Homero Manzi, Ulises Petit de Murat
Based on| Vida de Dominguito
by Domingo F. Sarmiento
Starring| Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña
Cinematography| Bob Roberts
Edited by| Carlos Rinaldi
Music by| Lucio Demare

Release date

* 22 May 1944 (1944-05-22) (Buenos Aires)

Running time

| 114 minutes
Country| Argentina
Language| Spanish

His Best Student (Spanish:Su mejor alumno) is a 1944 Argentine biographical film of the classical period directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña. It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 39th position.[1]

## Synopsis

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The film is an emotional enactment of the life of Domingo Sarmiento, the son of a former president of Argentina and the father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Enrique Muiño). "Dominguito" volunteers to fight in the Paraguayan War, in which he dies.[2] It is based on Vida de Dominguito ("Dominguito's life"), written by his father.[3]

## Cast

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The cast included:[3]

* Enrique Muiño (Domingo Faustino Sarmiento)
* Ángel Magaña (Dominguito)
* Orestes Caviglia
* Norma Castillo
* Guillermo Battaglia
* María Esther Buschiazzo
* Hugo Pimentel
* Alberto de Mendoza
* Judith Sulián
* Domingo Márquez
* Bernardo Perrone
* René Mugica
* Pedro Fiorito
* Horacio Priani
* Mario Lozano
* César Fiaschi
* Warly Ceriani
* Américo Sanjurjo
* Alberto Terrones
* Pablo Cumo
* Carlos Lagrotta
* Arsenio Perdiguero
* Carmen Giménez

## Awards

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The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave a number of awards for the film:[4]

* Best Picture: Artistas Argentinos Asociados
* Best director: Lucas Demare
* Best original story Ulyses Petit de Murat and Homero Manzi
* Best Actor Enrique Muiño
* Best scenography Ralph Pappier
* Best cinematographer Bob Roberts
* Best sound Ramón Ator
* Best editing Carlos Rinaldi

At the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards the film won Best Film,[5] Best Director, Best Actor (Enrique Muiño), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ulises Petit de Murat, Homero Manzi) and Best Camera Operator (Humberto Peruzzi).

## References

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Citations

1. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14\. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 - via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.6-14&rft.date=2000&rft_id=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITZbOc_XZnbJ1W2a9Lq9Zk8xJRrWrzPg/view&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:His+Best+Student" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Plazaola 1989, p. 69.
3. ^ a b Su mejor alumno, IMDb.
4. ^ ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953.
5. ^ "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

Sources

* "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941 - 1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
* Plazaola, Luis Trelles (1989-01-01). South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers/ Diccionario De Los Productores De Peliculas. La Editorial, UPR. ISBN 978-0-8477-2011-8. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
* "Su mejor alumno". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-05-31.

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Films directed by Lucas Demare

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* 24 horas en libertad (1939)
* Corazón de turco (1940)
* El Hijo del barrio (1940)
* Chingolo (1940)
* The Gaucho Priest (1941)
* El Viejo Hucha (1942)
* The Gaucho War (1942)
* His Best Student (1944)
* Savage Pampas (1945)
* Nunca te diré adiós (1947)
* Como tú lo soñaste (1947)
* La Calle grita (1948)
* La Culpa la tuvo el otro (1950)
* Mi noche triste (1951)
* Los Isleros (1951)
* Payaso (1952)
* Un Guapo del 900 (1952)
* The Seducer of Granada (1953)
* Guacho (1954)
* Mercado de abasto (1955)
* Después del silencio (1956)
* Sangre y acero (1956)
* El Último perro (1956)
* Zafra (1958)
* Detrás de un largo muro (1958)
* Mi esqueleto (1959)
* Plaza Huincul (Pozo Uno) (1960)
* Thirst (1960)
* Italia di notte n. 1 (1964)
* La Boda (1964)
* Los Guerrilleros (1965)
* Sentencia para un traidor (1967)
* La Cigarra está que arde (1967)
* Rutas para la Mesopotamia (1968)
* Humo de Marihuana (1968)
* Pájaro loco (1971)
* La Madre María (1974)
* Solamente ella (1975)
* Hombres de Mar (1977)

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Silver Condor Award for Best Film

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* Juvenilia (1944)
* His Best Student (1945)
* The Phantom Lady (1946)
* Celos (1947)
* Albéniz (1948)
* God Reward You (1949)
* Almafuerte (1950)
* School of Champions (1951)
* Los Isleros (1952)
* Dark River (1953)
* Caballito criollo (1954)
* Barrio Gris (1955)
* La Quintrala (1958)
* Los tallos amargos (1957)
* El jefe (1959)
* La caída (1960)
* Shunko (1961)
* Alias Gardelito (1962)
* The Old Young People (1963)
* Paula cautiva (1964)
* The Escaped (1965)
* Chronicle of a Boy Alone (1966)
* Arm in Arm Down the Street (1967)
* El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1968)
* Martín Fierro (1969)
* Don Segundo Sombra (1970)
* Juan Lamaglia y señora (1971)
* Nosotros los monos / La Valija (1972)
* La maffia (1973)
* Juan Moreira / Las Venganzas de Beto Sánchez (1974)
* So Feared a Hell (1981)
* Time for Revenge (1982)
* Plata dulce (1983)
* Darse cuenta (1985)
* The Official Story (1986)
* Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1987)
* Man Facing Southeast (1988)
* Verónico Cruz (1989)
* La ciudad oculta (1990)
* Últimas imágenes del naufragio (1991)
* Después de la tormenta (1992)
* A Place in the World (1993)
* Gatica, el mono (1994)
* Cortázar (1995)
* Casas de fuego (1996)
* Autumn Sun (1997)
* Buenos Aires viceversa (1998)
* Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1999)
* Same Love, Same Rain (2000)
* Nine Queens (2001)
* Son of the Bride (2002)
* Intimate Stories (2003)
* Valentín (2004)
* Roma (2005)
* The Aura (2006)
* Chronicle of an Escape (2007)
* XXY (2008)
* Aniceto (2009)
* The Secret in Their Eyes (2010)
* Carancho (2011)
* Las acacias (2012)
* Clandestine Childhood (2013)
* The German Doctor (2014)
* Refugiado (2015)
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* Zama (2018)
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