Alfonsina is a 1957 Argentine biographical film directed by Kurt Land and written by José María Fernández Unsáin. The film stars Amelia Bence and Guillermo Murray.
Bence stars as Argentine poet and journalist Alfonsina Storni, a pioneering woman who built a successful career in the male-dominated world of journalism. The film delves into key moments of her life and creative journey.
Plot The film chronicles the tumultuous life of Argentine modernist poet and journalist Alfonsina Storni (Amelia Bence). It follows her struggles as a fiercely independent, single mother navigating the rigid social constraints of early 20th-century Argentina. Seeking economic autonomy, Alfonsina fights her way into the male-dominated literary and journalistic circles of Buenos Aires, ultimately earning widespread recognition for her subversive, feminist poetry. The narrative balances her professional triumphs and passionate creative spirit with her internal isolation, culminating in her long battle with breast cancer and her eventual tragic, poetic suicide by walking into the sea at Mar del Plata.
Cast
Amelia Bence como Alfonsina Storni Guillermo Murray Dorita Ferreyro José de Ángelis Alberto Berco Marcela Sola Alejandro Rey Enrique Kossi Domingo Mania
Production Alfonsina was the first Argentine film shot in the anamorphic CinemaScope format.
Reception According to critic Roland, it is a film "without perspective and without sensitivity (…) it fails to achieve the proper poetic significance."
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