El Hijo del crack

El Hijo del crack meaning Son of the Star is a 1953 Argentine football drama film codirected by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ros and starring Armando Bo and Oscar Rovito. The film, a tale of a dwindling professional football star and his son was released on December 15, 1953 in Normandie cinema in Buenos Aires. The cast involved major professional football players of the time as Mario Boy, Tucho Mndez and ngel Labruna and journalists such as Fioravanti. It is the last film in which Leopoldo Torres Ros and Leopoldo Torre Nilsson father and son worked together. The 77 minute film was produced by Sociedad Independiente Filmadora Argentina SIFA.

The International Film Guide described the film as a purely commercial work, unlike many of Torre Nilsons other films such as El Crimen de Oribe 1950 and later films which were more art films with attention to themes, plot and psychological aspects. Jorge Miguel Couselo in his 1984 book Historia del cine argentino remarked that despite a poor script, the film showed seriousness and praised the talent and performance by Oscar Rovito playing the son. Ricardo Oliveri in his 1997 book Cine argentino crnica de 100 aos concurred that Rovito had contributed a good performance and described the film as an agreeable product. The Institute de Literatura Argentina highlighted the strong presence of the father and son in the film and noted its neorealist elements and charge.

Source: Wikipedia